Gunbroker

[del4]

I recently bid on a pistol on Gunbroker. It was a "No Reserve" auction. I placed my max bid and I lost in the last hour. No biggie, it was an impulse bid in the first place. My bid was so low compared to the actual value of the gun that I couldn't resist. Anyway, I saw a link to the Relisted Item right after I lost the auction. It appeared to be the exact same gun, not a stock photo. I'm pretty sure this has happened to me before.

My question is, do dealers outbid actual bidders if the price is too low on a firearm and just relist it? Is that a common thing? Why don't they set a reserve or start the bidding at a higher price?

 

[340six]

I am sure lots of sellers have or are shill bidders.
Nothing new

 

[Martman300]

I have seen this, also more often they just use the same pics for an additional auction. I say more often, but don’t really see the obvious *shill*. Gunbroker has an *auto relist* option, even if the item is sold.

i see several gun shops do this, they have honored the super low price when won. I think the shill is more common with individuals.

Also Gunbroker has a 15 minute rule, so you can’t *snipe* on there like you can on ebay. Any bids in the last 15 minutes will extend the auction another 15 minutes.

a snipe is when you try to be the last bid on a fairly low priced auction. Most people put a max bid in for just over the required bid. So on eBay if I see an auction for a true $50 item I might want & the current bid is like $19 or $20, I might bid $36.42 in the last 5 to 7 seconds of an auction.

this doesn’t give anyone enough time to then try and outbid you.

‘’just an FYI*

 

[del4]

I have seen this, also more often they just use the same pics for an additional auction. I say more often, but don’t really see the obvious *shill*. Gunbroker has an *auto relist* option, even if the item is sold.
*

Is the auto relist for when you have multiple firearms that are the same?

 

[LA_Huntsman]

I bid like $250 on a S&W 59 once and the guy kept blowing me off. I finally threatened him with negative feedback and he started to respond. He said it was a "reserve" auction when it was set up as a regular one.

I got free positive feedback out of it.

this was on gunauction.com

 

[swampfoxx]

I bid $425 on a NIB Sig P229 just as a impulse, same as you. Imagine my surprise when I won the auction. With shipping and FFL fee, it was $474 for a $900 firearm. I just about $hit my pants. Had to quick sell a couple of other guns to keep from welching on the deal.

 

[del4]

I bid $425 on a NIB Sig P229 just as a impulse, same as you. Imagine my surprise when I won the auction. With shipping and FFL fee, it was $474 for a $900 firearm. I just about $hit my pants. Had to quick sell a couple of other guns to keep from welching on the deal.

I am glad I didn’t win the auction. But, it would have been cool if I did.