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Thinking about it - 4/12/08 at 09:41 PM

What do we think of people who put stuff on ebay, then bid the price up?

eznfrank - 4/12/08 at 09:44 PM

Dependent on what country they are in they are criminals! Simple as that.

Read kenneth waltons book, "fake: forgery, lies and ebay"



[Edited on 4/12/08 by eznfrank]

Mark G - 4/12/08 at 09:49 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Thinking about it
What do we think of people who put stuff on ebay, then bid the price up?


How do you know its not just another bidder?

Thinking about it - 4/12/08 at 09:53 PM

Same bidder bids on the sellers other unrelated items within minutes.

Jon Ison - 4/12/08 at 09:55 PM

report it as shill bidding, eBay will act upon it.

madmandegge - 4/12/08 at 10:44 PM

Someone did it to me on a white rover 200 coupé, email address matched the other ebay id, so wasn't the smartest of ideas.
Nothing ever came of it that I know though, auction ran its course

smart51 - 5/12/08 at 07:59 AM

I just stop bidding. Nothing on eBay is so rare that you have to buy THAT one.

Stantman - 5/12/08 at 08:54 AM

Lets be honest,

If you put no reserve and 99p starting bid you will get alot of interest.

However you want at least £x for your object.

Therefore you get a friend to bid it up.

Admittedly, having thought up this clever idea you get someone who doesn't live with you to do the bidding, and different friends to bid on different items.

If you get it wrong it doesn't sell. You pay ebay, but your feed back goes up, and so does your friends.

If the other person pays more than they wanted they should have stopped bidding sooner.

Is it any worse than a stupid reserve or high initial bid?

r1_pete - 5/12/08 at 10:41 AM

How do you know its the same bidder? bidder ids are hidden from oneanother now, just displayed as bidder1 bidder2 3 etc, you can only see your own id on the list oif bidders - if you've bid of course....

Werner Van Loock - 5/12/08 at 10:52 AM

quote:
Originally posted by r1_pete
How do you know its the same bidder? bidder ids are hidden from oneanother now, just displayed as bidder1 bidder2 3 etc, you can only see your own id on the list oif bidders - if you've bid of course....


You can't see who it is, but you can see what his bid history is by clicking on the bidder1 linky. Unless it's a undisclosed bidder history object.

r1_pete - 5/12/08 at 10:56 AM

Thats useful, will remember that.....

Hellfire - 5/12/08 at 12:31 PM

Whether it's right or wrong, depends if you're the buyer or the seller. Auction houses have been doing it for years and probably still do. That's just the nature of auctions and I doubt it'll ever stop.

Phil