$66.00 for one rubber stamp on E-Bay
 

Well, it is a nice stamp that is hard to get - but last bid (so far) in this one stamp is $66.00. Ouch!


http://cgi.ebay.com/Haiku-Bunny-Rubb...QQcmdZViewItem

stamp set
 

Yikes, which stamp is that?

Damn, that's a lot of money for one stamp. Am I allowed to use that word?
Actually, it is a beautiful stamp - I have it. I was told by my local store that it is the one stamp that is most asked for. Hero Arts made it, it is currently discontinued.

I just don't get it!!!! What is so special about this stamp?

How much was it originally?

The seller seems to be using a lot of misleading words in her title so it comes up on searches. It could be misconstrued that she is selling a "huge" "lot" of "mixed" stamps from Hero Arts. :confused:

I saw that too - would be really leery to bid on this one. (Then again, there is no way I would pay that much $$$ for A single stamp)

I agree when you read the title it seems like you'll be getting alot of stamps with your purchase. The first bidder bid 20.00. I dont think you would bid 20.00 on one stamp right away.

I paid $8 for mine at a retail store in Fairfield, Ca.

Seller
 

I think the term is called Key word Spamming.
This way the person can get more buyers to look at their auctions.

According to Ebay..this not allow!

And I don't think I would pay THAT much for one stamp!!!

My pocketbook is screaming @ me....NO! NO! NO!......lol

I agree ... YUCK! :eek:

Wow - I really like this stamp and have been looking for it myself; but $66.00 is way too rich for my blood!!!

WOW ~ that's one special bunny! ;)

Well, I am not too impressed with this single huge lot of mixed STAMP! How does one report such a thing through ebay? hmmmmm... Taishea

Hey, I'm high bidder on that stamp so watch what you're saying here! LOL!

I have never cared for this stamp and when I can get things for as low as 1.00 for about this size stamp at a resale, NO WAY would I pay that kind of money. Someone needs their brain examined! I wouldn�t pay that for a set much less one stamp.

Good Heavens!!! I used to have this stamp.... sold it at a used stamp sale for $1 Guess I should have held onto it, huh??? LOL!

Does anyone know of a card posted using this stamp...maybe it looks better once made into a card?

Maybe that's it because it doesn't look like anything special standing alone.

As soon as I saw "haiku bunny" on the title, I knew which stamp this was. I saw a very beautiful card on the hero arts website a while back that used this stamp, but even then it was discontinued. The card was great but $66, I don't think so!!!

That is a very cute stamp but, not for that price. YIKES!

How to report a bad listing to eBay.
 

I'd sell mine for $65 right now, lol! Heck, I'd even throw in postage! Sheesh!

Look at the bid history. The original bidder kept upping her own bid (out of 10 bids, 9 are from one bidder) and then only once another bidder bid against her. I think someone is bidding to help the seller get the bid amount up. Can't remember the term for it, but it is mighty fishy. And there is still 5 days til the auction ends.

OMG!! That is unreal!! Cant imagine paying $66 for ONE stamp. Someone is going to get scammed. Hope no one bites!!

i agree with this being very fishy...as the bidder keeps rasing his bid so soon...probably to help the seller. This happened to me once as i was bidding on a lot of 3 Michael's $1 foam stamps (since we don't have Michael's here in HI.) i put in my max bid which was for $8.00 and before me was this other bidder who bid the starting bid $.99. Of course i was outbid by the original bidder by $8.50 a day before it ends. The next day i waited to bid on it at the last minute....as i putting in my bid at $10, the original bidder kept out bidding me until my last bid was $12 (i know, how crazy!!! for $1 stamp??) that bidder got it for $12.50. Soon after the auction ended, i received an email from the seller telling me i have a second chance at the item. She's willingly re-list the stamps as a Buy-It-Now item for $12.00. i thought wow...how fishy!! Maybe she was the other bidder just wanting to see how much i would go for. Naturally, I didn't budge at the offer.

Hey, I've got that stamp. Maybe I should ask the second to highest bidder if they want it for $30! Half the price and I'd even pay the postage. I'd go for that. I've used it only once and it was a cute card but I haven't used it since.

As for the bidding, the first bidder had a proxy bid of $65.00. That was not the amount of their first bid. The repeat bidder just kept bidding until she overcame the proxy bid of the original bidder........just look at the bidding dates.

This is almost as bad as the lady that paid over $150 for haute couture not too long ago. I wish she was my best friend....hee hee hee!

It's called PROXY bidding....
 

The person with the long list of bids did NOT ACTUALLY place one bid after another. What he/she did was to bid a rather large maximum -- in this case it was at least $65. But ebay does not reveal your maximum bid unless someone else has topped that amount. Bidder #2, not knowing what the first bidder had offered, kept trying to come up with an amount larger than the first. It was the SECOND BIDDER who placed 7 bids in a row, each one for $5 or $10 more than the previous one. BUT, when bidder #2 placed a bid she/he would always get a message saying "You have already been outbid." The "Bid History" shows that the first bidder's amount was automatically bumped up by the Proxy, reflecting the amount that the second bidder had placed.
Hope this is clear. If not, look for more info on eBay

I'm not sure about fishy; but that's sure one expensive stamp!

wow! that's dedication boy..."A" single stamp...paying $66.00 and i thought i was an addict. lol

And there is still 5 days to go!!!! Some people have more money than sense!!! I an constantly amazed at what people will pay for things!

Someone please keep us up to date on the latest total....just in case we want to bid.;)

Julia, don't forget if it's that much in US dollars you're paying even more from Canada!

in regards to it saying huge mixed lot, in the questions section now someone asked if there is more than one stamp and the seller says that they just put that so that it would come up when someone searches for those words...doesn't seem right to me

Shill Bidding
 

Some people have entirely too much money!! There isn't a single stamp, I would pay that for!! Wow!!

I think this is just a case of the original bidder putting a very high bid in to begin with so when someone bids against them it just ups their bid...they still could have put a high bid in to help the original seller though, it all seems weird to me

It's not -- it's called keyword spamming and is a direct violation of eBay policy.

Seller's other listings
 

Take a look at the other stuff this seller is selling. she has another stamp going for $25.00 for ONE stamp.

Doesn't look like any stamp that I would want!

I totally agree.......
 

It seems that they have $$$$$ where their brains ought to be. But in fact, this price is not the highest auction price that I've seen mentioned here on Splitcoast. Awhile back there was a Halloween set going for over $200. A few months ago the SU Fashion Statements also sold for about $200.
I have a friend who sells (mostly t-shirts and board games) on ebay. He actually makes a living for the family, with four kids -- but says he is still waiting for some "crazy person" to buy an item at outlandish prices.