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what is this seller up to?
logie28
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Hi,
I was after a router so had a quick look on e-bay, i came across this seller but decided profile was dodgy.
The things he had for sale have all been relisted, having been sold, mainly to the same buyer.
What do you think they are up to?
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/cashbacksites0203_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ25
I was after a router so had a quick look on e-bay, i came across this seller but decided profile was dodgy.
The things he had for sale have all been relisted, having been sold, mainly to the same buyer.
What do you think they are up to?
http://shop.ebay.co.uk/merchant/cashbacksites0203_W0QQ_nkwZQQ_armrsZ1QQ_fromZQQ_ipgZ25
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At an educated guess - feedback farming. They'll be building up a relatively high score, let the account go dormant for a few months, then launch a number of scam listings over a weekend when Trust & Safety are snoozing.
Although the user names suggests it could be a way of gaining affiliate links, or email address harvesting.<--- Nothing to see here - move along --->0 -
Does seem a bit dodgy,can't understand why he'd bother, if he's trying to get his score up then it won't work as only one + per wk from the same buyer i believe.0
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seems a bit odd to me you r right to be suspiciousReplies to posts are always welcome, If I have made a mistake in the post, I am human, tell me nicely and it will be corrected. If your reply cannot be nice, has an underlying issue, or you believe that you are God, please post in another forum. Thank you0
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It's probably the same person, trading under alternate names, using one to boost the other and so forth.
Especially since the early feedback was from the NARU'd member "dubaicurtis" and this fits the same pattern so I suspect that they are all the same person.I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.0 -
Shill bidding
Bumps up price or avoids selling an item at below desired price.
(probably then does a mutual)
Interesting to see the buyer has already done 8 bid retractions and has only been on ebay less than a week.
I reported a similar shill bidder to ebay recently - ebay decided insufficient evidence to act
(well if they didn't hide the account names of who bids/wins, I could give them more evidence)"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
If you look at the guy that gave him his 4 buyer feedbacks (dubaicurtis) you can see that it looks a very similar situation on that account (it's no longer registered) before that account started getting bad feedback...0
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If you look at the guy that gave him his 4 buyer feedbacks (dubaicurtis) you can see that it looks a very similar situation on that account (it's no longer registered) before that account started getting bad feedback...
Didn't I just state that at 3:43? But I am glad that you agree with me.....I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.0 -
SpammyTheSpammer wrote: »Didn't I just state that at 3:43? But I am glad that you agree with me.....
Sorry, was a bit carried away checking the feedbacks on ebay that forgot to check if anyone had already spotted it before replying here... =/
But i still can't get it, does he really think people are not gonna notice something is strange? lol0 -
...But i still can't get it, does he really think people are not gonna notice something is strange? lol
A lot of people don't bother look at the feedback as well as us MSE'ers do
Even then its possible to miss some trends, but I must admit this isn't the most subtle example is it?"Now to trolling as a concept. .... Personally, I've always found it a little sad that people choose to spend such a large proportion of their lives in this way but they do, and we have to deal with it." - MSE Forum Manager 6th July 20100 -
I note that the feedback for the eBay user cashbacksites0203
has already been "edited" to remove the other sock-puppet eBay user name.
Presumably cashbacksites0203 is a fan of this site?
logie28, can you remember the user name of the buyer of the items who has now been removed from the feedback list?I am a cow so cannot speak Bullshine but I do recognise its smell when I come upon it.0
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