eBay - am i missing something?

[Wonder]

I'm not sure if my link will work but there is a Thermomix Everyday cooking for every family cookbook on sale with a current bid of AU$152.50 and AU$6.50 postage - A$159 for a book available from Thermomix for $30 plus $9 postage. Am I missing something?

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Thermomix-Everyday-cooking-every-family-Brand-New-/110730794161?pt=AU_Home_Kitchen_Recipes&hash=item19c811d4b1

[dede]

Oh its crazy what people will pay on Ebay sometimes. Obviously they dint do there homework first.

[Halex]

Maybe they mistook it for the tm!?!?!
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[Amanda]

P.T. Barnum once said that "there is a sucker born every minute" and he was so right.

[dede]

There is also a Thermoserve for sale for $260. Wow that is crazy.

[judydawn]

The word cookbook should be mentioned way before it is (right down the bottom) - I'm sure people think it is a TMX.

[maddy]

  WoW....it's at $305.00 now!  and 17 hours left to go.
I know it's unethical to email the bidders, but I really am considering contacting the seller 

[maddy]

O.k.....it got the better of me.
I contacted the seller saying:

Hi, I can't help but gulp at the price your cook book is reaching. All the power to you, but I really believe people think they are bidding on an actual thermomix, and not just a cook book.
Maybe you would consider to make it CLEAR in your title that it's actually a cook book for sale.
I know I would be irate if I paid that amount for just a cook book.
Up to you.

[dede]

Good on you Maddy, That is just a ridiculous amount for a cook book. I really do think people are confused about what they are bidding for

[dede]

I have also sent a message to the seller. The more messages they receive the more likely they will remove the listing so Hopefully they will have morals and remove the listing.

[judydawn]

I've sent one too girls.

[Halex]

I dont knoe h too, I have lost all myebay details, but i looked to see what else they are selling and its heaps of tm stuff!
They need to be stopped
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[maddy]

Hmmm......smells fishy to me now.
The leading bidder (who has only 10 feedbacks), has 100% dealings with that particular seller.
Usually a good sign of price bumping from another computer/ebay name,  or friend.

[dede]

I have also reported the listing with a misleading title. Hopefully they stop it soon

[Cornish Cream]

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Hmmm......smells fishy to me now.
The leading bidder (who has only 10 feedbacks), has 100% dealings with that particular seller.
Usually a good sign of price bumping from another computer/ebay name,  or friend.

It's called "Shill Bidding" and eBay take a very dim view of it.
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html