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almsale-9 · 2023-02-17T17:21:11.073000Z

I have been bidding more as of late on Ebay. There is an item that has gone up rather quickly in the bidding process. The winning bidder, whose outbid me again, has 67 bid retractions in the last 30 days. As a buyer only, I try to check out if shilling might be happening. I can never be sure, but I can suspect in some cases and am turned off immediately. How does a bidder continue to make purchases and/or bid with that kind of bid retraction history? Aren't their penalties for something like that? It leaves such a bitter taste in my mouth because I'm not sure who or what I am up against---if it's the seller, a rogue buyer, etcetera. Who it hurts is me, a potential and honest buyer. It makes me not want to participate in that auction because I value my hard-earned money. It hurts the seller if the MO of this bidder falls back on always retracting their bid/s. I just want some feedback on this matter. How is someone able to continue bidding and participating on Ebay with that retraction bid history?

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