Ebay private ID great for shill bidders

fizz26

got this message today

about IDs anonymous on listings and how there changing to winning bidder now

check these out talk about shill bidder
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Check the listing whats on bid now
then go to completed listings to see whats relisted and sold and see how many times the same person as won this item and then do the same with the other items that have been relisted after they have been won
Also check the winning bidder on the boy tops to see what there doing
If thats not shill bidding i don't know what is

fizz26

Oh yeh for got to mention look at the bid history on the items and the bidders on what their bidding on its the same person

lisawood78

You've lost me

tattycath

if you put the listing number into a search on ebay then look at sellers other items and then go into completed listings it shows the same items coming up for repeat auctions-even if they have sold. So if they have sold either the seller has alot of the same items or is very unlucky with buyers reneging on their contract or they have a mate who bids the item up and then wins the item-so the seller relists

fizz26

Ive just gone back and loooked you can't see the winning bidders ID but they are doing it

lisawood78

Stll confused. Report them if you can see shill bidding I would suggest.

Angel*Eyes_6

Just looked, yep, you're right. A def case of shill bidding, also no f/bk left for items the 'shill bidder' has won. No bids currently on items listed. Can you only report them when there are active listings? or can you do it on items ended aswell?

mum2one

I should think you could report it even if there not selling,as then it would flag up.

PhilipCohen

For anyone that is interested, a detailed case study of shill bidding on eBay, and a comment on eBay’s apparent attitude thereto, can be found at ... (sorry, can't post link)

Google search "auctionbytes Shill Bidding on eBay: A Case Study"

MilkyJoe

If you know their eBay id you can put it in Goofbay to see what they have won and also the sellers. It even shows private auctions.

PhilipCohen

Trouble is with eBay's (disingenuous) introduction, across the board, of "hidden bidders" you cannot know the the ID of any bidders, and only the winning bidder if you are prepared to wait and look for the item in the sellers feedback; of course if the seller's shill is the winner there probably won't be any feedback.

It's all explained at Google search "auctionbytes Shill Bidding on eBay: A Case Study"