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SHILLING?

aledsav1 — Mon, 28 May 2018 14:45:04 GMT

Hi I bid on an item with no bids on it i placed £50, my initial bid to see what was going to happen, a few bids were placed over the next couple of hours and then it was stagnant for a day or so, I had the top bid of about 26, all the bids were private listed, then the bids increased to £1 over my top bid of £50, 10 mins later that was retracted and i was the highest bidder, my suspicions were heightened a little...anyway the closing minutes came along and the bids increased i then put what i was willing to pay for the item £90 and was out bid by 1 bid of £92, i thought fair enough, until today (nx day) i see the item relisted at a set price higher than the winning bid, this leaves a bit of a taste of an unscrupulous seller, especially as bidding cannot been seen due to it being private, what is the purpose of that tool?

I really feel like messaging seller or contacting ebay, I really am sick of the lack of intgritiy on the part of the waste of time buyers who don't pay etc, but what can one expect when the sellers appear to have no morals regarding this market place...

Re: SHILLING?

corred — Mon, 28 May 2018 15:02:59 GMT

@aledsav1

Not sure you can claim shill bidding as genarally with shill bidding you end up winning the item at your highest bid......which has not happened

Re: SHILLING?

aledsav1 — Mon, 28 May 2018 15:33:17 GMT

understand that but if they didn't achieve what they had hoped, those items usually go a bit more than the winning bid, and as it was relisted 12hrs later for a fixed amount closer to what similar items reach, does suggest something, i could be totally wrong though why would a seller have private bidders, what purpose does that actually serve?

I can list an item get another account (mine) to put what am willing to sell the item for so it only sells legitimately when it hits over the amount I will accept.