What are these people thinking?!

[Iolaus]

I was just checking out SWK's ebay store, and found this auction. $91 for the Irish National Tartan Fly Plaid? This appears to be the same thing he sells for $45 in his online store! I mean, cool for him, but three different people have pushed the bid up - the first one from $36 all the way to $75! Don't these people do any research?

[bubba]

Iolaus, generally, no, they don't. Auctions do tend to run prices up pretty often.

[GlassMan]

I sell a ton of stuff on eBay (finished glass pieces as well as glass supplies) and I'm always amazed at the prices people push them to when they get in a bidding war. I have one book I sell all the time and I plainly state that the bidding starts at $9.45 but that I have it in my eBay store for $13.95 yet the auctions routinely end at far more. The best so far was someone paying $44 for it. People are definitely nuts. When I'm buying on eBay I always check the eBay store and, if the seller has another website, alternate sites as well to make sure I'm not bidding more than I would pay otherwise.

[Bob C]

I saw that fly plaid a while back and hought the bidding had gone too high then. It's in silly territory, now.

I only paid $75 for a fly plaid of Locharron woolen tartan to match my tank.

[646guy]

People don't read....that's teh sad part...they simple don't pay attention, see the price, and go for it...

[furrycelt]

It is stuff like this that always has me asking: "Does anyone really 'win' an auction?"

I guess it can happen. I have "won" an auction and paid less than the going rate for the item. But that is rare. I just can't put myself in the position of knowning that out of all the people who wanted the item, I was the guy that paid the most for it. It just goes against my Scottish nature.

-ian