eBay offers

[ChrisD]

The world has gone mad, mad mad. Keep going back to e-bay and pinching myself again, It is the 3 "cheap ones" all going or gone for well over 300 pounds. I hope the lucky winners think its money well spent. 

Chris

[johnstephen29]

There was some loverly Galanthus elwesii Rosemary burnham on ebay a nice shade of green.

[Alan_b]

I see 'Treasure Island' eventually sold for £559.

[angie]

I see 'Treasure Island' eventually sold for £559.

A bargain then 

Angie 

[Carolyn Walker]

I see 'Treasure Island' eventually sold for £559.

What are the qualities of Treasure Island that made it sell for so much?  The only photo that I can find was posted Earlier this year with all the photos of Joe Sharman's snowdrops, and it does not look like it would elicit a £559 response.

[Alan_b]

Treasure Island has two main 'qualities':

• Joe Sharman states: "A remarkable new yellow with the stature and substance of the 'Mighty Atom' group.
• AFAIK it has never been offered for sale before and current eBay bidding demonstrates that there is fierce competition for such a snowdrop from a reputable seller.

[Matt T]

Well, it sold for £1,390 (& £4 P&P of course!). The winning bid was from a bidder "t***m" who entered the fray at the last minute.

[Tim Harberd]

Some very strange bidding going on there.....
Can anyone offer an explanation as to why a***u bid against themselves twice? ( 1,050 1,090 1,150 )

They had already bid against themselves earlier in the process ( 800 840 )

Quite a few other bidders bid against themselves too!!!

i***s did it four times!!!! ( 25.45  29.00  35.00 41.00 47.00 )

I can't think of any good reason why anyone would do that.

Tim DH

[Blonde Ingrid]

Some very strange bidding going on there.....
Can anyone offer an explanation as to why a***u bid against themselves twice? ( 1,050 1,090 1,150 )
They had already bid against themselves earlier in the process ( 800 840 )
Quite a few other bidders bid against themselves too!!!
i***s did it four times!!!! ( 25.45  29.00  35.00 41.00 47.00 )
I can't think of any good reason why anyone would do that.
Tim DH

You need to switch on the automatic bids which are hidden from the base screen and you can see the auto bids they are responding to.

[Matt T]

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/automatic-bidding.html

[Carolyn Walker]

Could t***m be Thompson and Morgan again?  Coincidence?

[chasw]

And T***m has been bidding on the others as well

[mark smyth]

Dont see why it cant be another publicity stunt but I think the bidder code is supposed to be random and this would be coincidence

[chasw]

Well perhaps Jo will let you know

[Ding Dong]

If it was Thompson & Morgan, I'm sure they will want to get maximum publicity!!