Reporting a buyer

[champperry]

We have a problem with a buyer or should I say a bidder. Does not buy just bids. If you see stats like these on someone who bids against you they are placing bids so to run the price upward then if they win they just retract their bid. Save copy of the page on your computer and report them to Ebay ASAP 

30-Day Summary

Total bids:

9090

Items bid on:

2941

Bid activity (%) with this seller:

64%

Bid retractions:

248

Bid retractions (12 months):

1525

Winning bid:

$0.01

Shipping:

$3.75 Economy Shipping

• Bids:
  1
• Bidders:
  1
• Retractions:
  1
• Time Ended:
  9 Sep 2021 at 12:29:16pm PDT
• Duration:
  7 days

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Bidder

Bid Amount Bid Time Action

Highest BidderFeedback Score (1442)	$0.01	9 Sep 2021 at 12:22:28pm PDT	Pay now More actions
Starting price	$0.01	2 Sep 2021 at 12:29:16pm PDT

Gray italic text indicates an automatic bid (proxy bid) placed by eBay on behalf of the bidder. If two people bid the same amount, the first bid has priority. Also, you can only retract your bid under certain circumstances.

Bid retraction and cancellation history

Bidder

Action Date of Bid and Retraction

c***aFeedback Score (2672)

Retracted: $6.00

Bid: 9 Sep 2021 at 12:25:49pm PDT Retracted: 9 Sep 2021 at 12:26:10pm PDT

[disneyshopper]

This is why the best strategy is to determine the most you are willing to pay for the item and bid that amount (with a few odd cents to break a tie) as late in the auction as you are comfortable with.  If you win, great.  If you lose, someone else was willing to pay more.

[champperry]

What this person has when I do your strategy will bid small amounts to find out my most I am will to pay and if they go over they retract that bid forcing me to always pay the max willing to bid offer. The example above shows when I refuse to get in bidding war they retract as well. This person is not like normal bidder. so if you see that you are pay max way to often look at the other bidders to make sure you do not have a bid manipulator driving the prices as high as they can.