$500.00 for a Betta?

[Ben]

This guys must've really wanted him, nice fish but 500??? No way!
Gold HM

DD

 

[Wisperian]

Wow...thats scary...

 

[Synirr]

I was about to say it's probably a scam, but it looks like the buyer has positive feedback from multiple sellers

 

[ladyhawke]

I'm wondering if the buyer is actually getting a larger quantity of bettas than just that one and they just used that betta's auction link to set up the payment ??

 

[bettaBetta]

Perhaps it was a typo from the buyer. Not that it isn't gorgeous.

 

[jungle king]

maybe the feedback is from a big group of scammers but 500 anything is a lot (if it ain't bettas)

 

[con771]

I wonder if this is the most expensive fish the buyer has for sale?

 

[jkrekord]

) absolutley gorgeus

 

[Angelika]

but look at the bid history

Bid History:

Starting Bid:

Edie (10/10) (Tue Aug 30 01:27:13 2005) - $35.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Thu Sep 1 04:44:40 2005) - $36.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 10:30:08 2005) - $37.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 10:32:50 2005) - $40.00 Bumped up by: Aaronhan $40.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 10:37:37 2005) - $41.00 Bumped up by: Aaronhan $41.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 10:56:11 2005) - $42.00 Bumped up by: Aaronhan $42.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 11:18:28 2005) - $50.00 Bumped up by: Akone $50.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 11:31:23 2005) - $60.00 Bumped up by: Akone $60.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Thu Sep 1 11:33:37 2005) - $100.00 Bumped up by: Aaronhan $100.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Thu Sep 1 11:34:06 2005) - $101.00

Gamma528 (6/6) (Fri Sep 2 04:18:33 2005) - $201.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Fri Sep 2 11:33:10 2005) - $301.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Sat Sep 3 01:15:35 2005) - $500.00 Bumped up by: Gamma528 $500.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Sat Sep 3 01:29:39 2005) - $500.00

Aaronhan (13/13) (Sat Sep 3 04:46:05 2005) - $500.00

what does 'bumped up' mean?

 

[Ethos]

I think it means the price is raised....Like someone bidded higher...

 

[SRC]

Something tells me that the winner meant to bid $50 and put in a extra 0. And his auto-bidder was doing the bidding up to what he put as the most he would pay.

I looked at his other 13 wins..and the highest one was $50, the rest were under $30.

I highly doubt a bidder went form spending $50 to $500.

 

[lljdma06]

For me, that's nearly a month's rent. Though I love bettas, I'm just not at the point where I'll spend $500 for one fish. I bet that seller is really happy now! I'd be. I can see investing $100 on a pair of quality spawn siblings to start a line or something like that, but $500, that's a lot of mula.

 

[rollntider]

thats a little too rich for me.....

 

[riogal_11]

I agree SRC, and if that is the case then they can back out of the sale. At least that's the way it is on ebay. Cute fish, but 500$ is a bit crazy if this is legit.

 

[Ethos]

No joke.
I'd feel weird paying $500 for a betta, and end up putting it in a $5 bowl.