eBay

svanwag7myz · ‎01-09-2025

We all knows it happens too often. I have substantial proof of a seller (Chinese Consignment Shop) where in the last 3 minutes of auction, multiple bids are placed by zero-feedback users that drive the price significantly up (no other bidders), and then the card gets relisted the following 2-3 days.

i have filed multiple complaints to eBay over the last 2 weeks. Does a user ever get feedback regarding these submissions?

bashort · ‎01-11-2025

@svanwag7myz wrote:
We all knows it happens too often. I have substantial proof of a seller (Chinese Consignment Shop) where in the last 3 minutes of auction, multiple bids are placed by zero-feedback users that drive the price significantly up (no other bidders), and then the card gets relisted the following 2-3 days.

i have filed multiple complaints to eBay over the last 2 weeks. Does a user ever get feedback regarding these submissions?

you are wasting your time, I would just find another seller.

as far as bidding online ebay while there are always going to be shill bidders is the most trustworthy place that I know of.

In the world of online auctioneers they can ALWAYS see the bidders max bid, at least the shill bidders on ebay are always running the risk of bidding one time to many and you can look and see how many bid retractions the bidder has made and the bid history is available after the auction, not so with other online auctions.

blondval · ‎07-28-2025

Due to privacy concerns, they cannot tell you the findings of their investigation, but just the fact it is continuing, there’s your answer. I no longer can see Shill Bidding AKA “using other accounts to inflate the price” even being an option in the dropdown box menu- (even tho it is a FEDERAL CRIME. You can still phone in and request to speak to someone in Trust & Safety, and have them investigate. If you have reported it and your reports have gone ignored, jeopardizing the integrity of all sellers, you have every right to then contact the FTC, FINCEN, your Attorney General, and other Law Enforcement Agencies. There’s actually services out there that you can give all of the information to- they do everything for you, and they get paid with funds from the settlement you get from the crooked sellers and whatever platform is allowing this activity.

kh-adrian · ‎07-28-2025

Hi everyone,

Due to the age of this thread, it has been closed to further replies. Please feel free to start a new thread if you wish to continue to discuss this topic.

Thank you for understanding.