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Crazy bidding just for fun !

  • 22-07-2018 11:22am
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,003 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone done this? I. E. Just bid on properties with no intention of ever buying. There must be people who just out of badness/ s*** sturring do this


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  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Has anyone done this? I. E. Just bid on properties with no intention of ever buying. There must be people who just out of badness/ s*** sturring do this

    I’ve heard of it as rumors fro people before. Getting friends to make bids etc

    I’ve also heard of people looking to buy, and they send a few of their mates around on viewing day and site next door drinking cans on the road with car radios blaring.

    All rumors though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,181 ✭✭✭✭iamwhoiam


    Has anyone done this? I. E. Just bid on properties with no intention of ever buying. There must be people who just out of badness/ s*** sturring do this

    Probably the same people who dial 999 for fun . Idiots


  • Moderators, Entertainment Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 14,550 Mod ✭✭✭✭johnnyskeleton


    Has anyone done this? I. E. Just bid on properties with no intention of ever buying. There must be people who just out of badness/ s*** sturring do this

    Youd need to go to viewings and engage with the estate agent. All of which takes time and is hassle. There are easiwr ways to entertain yourself, I wouldve thought.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭10pennymixup


    I've heard of people "spotting" property. Mainly investors bidding on several properties at the same time with no real intention of buying, in case their chosen one falls through. Pain in the a*se.

    In auctions sometimes to try drive up the price on purpose for the vendor

    Never heard of anyone doing it for pure divilment though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,874 ✭✭✭Edgware


    I have heard of friends sticking in separate bids just to make sure the estate agent is telling everyone the same story. Amazing how often the shysters are caught out


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 14,846 ✭✭✭✭Liam McPoyle


    I've spoken to a couple of estate agents lately and they have all said that they would only accept a bit along with proof of mortgage so someone bidding on a house "for the craic" is most likely nonsense.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Youd need to go to viewings and engage with the estate agent. All of which takes time and is hassle. There are easiwr ways to entertain yourself, I wouldve thought.

    You’d need an internet connection for most of them though :D


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22 EvolvedApe


    Low bids are more fun.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Has anyone done this? I. E. Just bid on properties with no intention of ever buying. There must be people who just out of badness/ s*** sturring do this


    You need to prove you are a serious bidder. I was bidding on a property last year and had to show bank statements proving that I had cash to be a cash buyer or something from the lender stating that you had mortgage approval in principle before any bids were accepted


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    kceire wrote: »
    I’ve heard of it as rumors fro people before. Getting friends to make bids etc

    I’ve also heard of people looking to buy, and they send a few of their mates around on viewing day and site next door drinking cans on the road with car radios blaring.

    All rumors though.

    gave a friend a lift to a house in swords on a sat night once (at 3am) there was a viewing the next day . about 13-15years ago
    he emptied bags of empty cans and bottles all over the front garden in the hope of driving buyers away.

    didn't work he was still outbid. we were about 25 and stupid.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 84,761 ✭✭✭✭Atlantic Dawn
    M


    Actual bids should be proven and full audit trail available to seller and all bidders, current system is open to massive fraud.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 433 ✭✭fg1406


    I've spoken to a couple of estate agents lately and they have all said that they would only accept a bit along with proof of mortgage so someone bidding on a house "for the craic" is most likely nonsense.

    I’ve never been asked for proof of AIP/mortgage when I was bidding on properties.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,110 ✭✭✭Sarn


    fg1406 wrote: »
    I’ve never been asked for proof of AIP/mortgage when I was bidding on properties.

    Similar story here. Only one out of six asked for proof of funds when we started bidding. We offered it to the others but they said it was ok. Personally I’d have preferred if they had asked for proof as it might have removed any time wasters i.e. those bidding with theoretical funds.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    I've spoken to a couple of estate agents lately and they have all said that they would only accept a bit along with proof of mortgage so someone bidding on a house "for the craic" is most likely nonsense.

    We bought a year ago and in the whole process we weren't asked once for proof of funds, which I found pretty odd.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 78,580 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Sleeper12 wrote: »
    You need to prove you are a serious bidder. I was bidding on a property last year and had to show bank statements proving that I had cash to be a cash buyer or something from the lender stating that you had mortgage approval in principle before any bids were accepted
    In such circumstances be careful that you don't reveal the actual amount.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,998 ✭✭✭c.p.w.g.w


    kceire wrote: »
    I’ve heard of it as rumors fro people before. Getting friends to make bids etc

    I’ve also heard of people looking to buy, and they send a few of their mates around on viewing day and site next door drinking cans on the road with car radios blaring.

    All rumors though.

    I know someone who did this, instead he actually just paid a few local wineo's


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,190 ✭✭✭✭Sleeper12


    Victor wrote:
    In such circumstances be careful that you don't reveal the actual amount.


    I've been at this 30 years. I wouldn't make a mistake like that :)


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,643 Mod ✭✭✭✭Graham


    Mod Note

    Thread moved, new charter applies.


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    I've heard of people "spotting" property. Mainly investors bidding on several properties at the same time with no real intention of buying, in case their chosen one falls through. Pain in the a*se.

    you should check out the accomadation forum... :rolleyes:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 516 ✭✭✭10pennymixup


    you should check out the accomadation forum... :rolleyes:

    This was moved from the A+P forum.


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  • Site Banned Posts: 725 ✭✭✭Balanadan


    you should check out the accomadation forum... :rolleyes:
    This was moved from the A+P forum.


    pwned


  • Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 2,492 ✭✭✭pleas advice


    Balanadan wrote: »
    pwned

    unlike all those houses you're bidding on?


  • Posts: 0 [Deleted User]


    I know somebody who bid on a house before they had mortgage approval from the bank. Another party had opened the bidding and outbid the person I know, to the point where he dropped out of the running. That person paid more for the house than they ever should have as the person I know had no right to be bidding with no cash/mortgage approval. The system is appalling, but the person who won the bidding war will never know and is probably delighted with their purchase, even though they spent far more money than was necessary.

    PS. The person I know wasn't doing this to be spiteful, was just hoping to win the bid in the time it took to get mortgage approval but it then went over their budget so was fruitless in the end.


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