Anybody else watching this ebay auction?

[corancher]

Here's my 2 cent worth.

It is pretty cheap to list an auction on Ebay and then set a high reserve and a low start bid. Perhaps it is way to get the word out and then have people order from the website instead of winning the auction. Pretty smart advertising if you ask me. Presto lots of attention, people going to their web site, and they don't have to pay Ebay auction fees.

 

[clarmayfarm]

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Yes, I agree, smart advertising. I am sure they are nice people, so I am probably completely out of line...

....but it is not that difficult to set a high reserve, or get a friend to bid...i.e., "whoa, these chickens are worth soooo much"!

Foster

 

[shellrae7]

holy cow. That is just nuts! I think some people take a little tooo much advantage of the breeds. For heaven sakes, in the end, its just a chicken. I'm all about pretty feathers, but affordable, practical pretty feathers.... lol!

 

[ijon1]

P.T. Barmum said it well. There is a sucker born every sixty seconds.

 

[gallatea]

That auction ended with an 600+ bid. Likely a hoax. What some sellers do - if they are not getting the price they want, they can change the reserve or bid (from a friend) to some astronomical number and then no one actually wins at all. I think more likely it's about advertising.

 

[happyhensny]

Are ya' kiddin' me? DUH? Pretty birds but remember when FBCM were so "hot" a couple years ago. The prices were around that high then and now, well, not so much.

 

[rebelcowboysnb]

1***b (10) Bid activity (%) with this seller: 50%
b***e (15) Bid activity (%) with this seller: 50%
r***r (1) Bid activity (%) with this seller: 54%
a***4 (113) Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
g***g (165) Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%

Dont know that it really means a thing but I do question this stuff.​

 

[19hhbelgian]

That's nothin' check this out... Same seller I think:
http://www.featherauction.com/detail.asp?id=657&n=A-Beautiful-Trio-of-Cream-Legbars

 

[youngbiddy]

Yes, same seller. I won some Lavender Orpingtons from them on eBay...for the extremely reasonable price of $24.95! I'm crazy, not stupid.

 

[Gypsy07]

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HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!! I can buy cream crested Legbar hens - really good quality ones - for about £15-20 each.