Shill Bidding

Bidding on 3 items from same seller. I went to have a look on the bidders and noticed same bidder up the price again and again on all 3 items. I suspect now fraud...shill bidding. Can Ebay remove this bidder or shall I cancel all 3 bids?

 

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Shill Bidding

Do you mean buyer has placed 3 same bids?  Are you the seller?  Only a seller can remove bids.

 

There's nothing suspicious about one bidder placing the same bid a few times,  they are just upping their bid each time,  and as they cannot bid against themselves,  the highest bid will only show when matched or a bid is placed higher.

 

It's not shill bidding it's either someone who perhaps doesn't know how to bid , and does not understand why their high bid is not showing so places another and another.   Or,  a clever bidder who is showing that their latest hidden bid is perhaps substantially higher than the one showing ,  so the last bidder knows they'll have to place a much higher bid to be able to compete.

 

@felterr-20 

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