11-22-2015 06:35 PM
30-Day Summary | ||
Total bids: | 9103 | |
Items bid on: | 7303 | |
Bid activity (%) with this seller: | 99% | |
Bid retractions: | 7 | |
Bid retractions (6 months): | 81 |
11-22-2015 06:47 PM
@ears2youdisney wrote:
30-Day Summary Total bids: 9103 Items bid on: 7303 Bid activity (%) with this seller: 99% Bid retractions: 7 Bid retractions (6 months): 81
Well that certainly doesn't look kosher.
No, shill bidding is NOT allowed.
11-22-2015 07:10 PM
Right but do they do anything about it I wonder...
11-22-2015 07:33 PM
11-22-2015 07:44 PM
@savanna.dance wrote:
No shill bidding is illegal, like against the law. Snipped this from another site:
Shill bidding was included in the definition of criminal fraud in the 2006 Fraud Act.
http://www.addleshawgoddard.com/www/view.asp?content_id=2448&parent_id=2439
Specifically:
"The Fraud Act could be used to criminalise(sic) conduct which may previously only have amounted to a breach of contract or other civil law or moral obligation. Examples may include:
(SNIP)
'Shill bidding' on online auction sites. This is where sellers bid up the price of their own items using a second identity."
Having a law is one thing.
Getting it enforced is something else entirely.
11-22-2015 08:24 PM
11-22-2015 08:45 PM
Report it to EBay AND to state and Federal authorities. Probably nothing will happen but you will have done all you can do.
11-22-2015 09:17 PM
I've reported to eBay dozens of times and nothing happens. I guess they don't want to lose the final value fees--they aren't big ticket items but you get volume that adds up.....
11-23-2015 12:53 AM
Yeah, I don't think they have any interest in going after anyone who does that as it increases sale price and their 10%..
11-23-2015 01:08 AM - edited 11-23-2015 01:10 AM
7 or 9 retractions per month on a bidding average of about 8,000 per month is a low retraction rate. It's only 1/10th of 1%.
I've never bid on 8,000 items per month but I have bid on many 100s per month, looking for deals, back in the days when eBay was almost all auctions. I never did any shill bidding and I spent a LOT of money on eBay in those days.
Do you know for certain this person is a shill bidder? Or is it someone trying to win low-cost auctions and maybe reselling the items?
11-23-2015 04:14 AM
Griff told me once when it was quite clear that shill bidding was taking place that sometimes it only looks like shill bidding.
Translation: We know. We don't care. It puts money in our pocket. That's the way it is. Don't waste your time. We won't do anything about it.
11-23-2015 05:17 AM
It was a lot easier to spot before bidders ID's were scrambled.
11-23-2015 05:30 AM - edited 11-23-2015 05:31 AM
@gopetersen wrote:7 or 9 retractions per month on a bidding average of about 8,000 per month is a low retraction rate. It's only 1/10th of 1%.
I've never bid on 8,000 items per month but I have bid on many 100s per month, looking for deals, back in the days when eBay was almost all auctions. I never did any shill bidding and I spent a LOT of money on eBay in those days.
Do you know for certain this person is a shill bidder? Or is it someone trying to win low-cost auctions and maybe reselling the items?
gopetersen,
I find it stretching credulity that a bargain hunting buyer would bid on 7,000 auction listings from the same seller in a month, and not bid on more than a handful of items from any other sellers.
Unlucky
11-23-2015 05:56 AM
@gymbo_limbo wrote:It was a lot easier to spot before bidders ID's were scrambled.
Yes, indeed.
09-14-2017 12:59 PM
I have been reporting shill bidding for weeks now about a seller. This seller is a power seller and i believe ebay is protecting this seller. If you click on their items for sale, it is obvious when you look at the bids and most of them have either no feedback ratings or very few. Again ebay in my words is protecting them. I also believe that shill bidding is a federal offense. Ebay is not protecting us, buyers. James Carey