Shill bidding scam! Avoid this seller!

Honey9036

Hi, could someone else look at this and tell me that I'm not just being overly suspicious. I came across a seller on ebay who had a few things that interested me, so I checked her feedback, etc.

But I noticed that 2 bidders' names appeared consistently in almost ALL of her auctions - bumping up the bidding, but not necessarily winning the items concerned.

Here is the seller's shop - zoe7978

Here are the suspected shill-bidders - widgettart and osw2003klj (these links are to the auctions they are currently bidding on. However, if you search on the closed auctions they have bid on (but not necessarily won) then there are literally hundreds of auctions owned by zoe7978.)

Needless to say, I have steered well clear of buying anything from this seller! But it just annoys me when I look at the genuine buyers who are paying artificially inflated prices on her auctions!

I don't normally get involved with situations like this but I actually reported this seller to ebay last week, thinking that something would be done about it. But so far nothing has changed!!

Are ebay more concerned about the huge fees they must be making from this seller than they are about protecting other ebay users?

I would be interested to hear what other people think about this.

Lori
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lillybell

When ever I bid on anything I always check for shilling. You will be suprised how often it goes on.

Cheats eventually get Kicked Off

rockykabir

Report em......it's this sorta thing which is ruining ebay atm

leona71

This female has a shop, lots of feedback and everything. Why would she want to risk getting chucked off, this is obviously a business for her.

sheraz2

lol, thats a clear case of shilling. I say report.

LULUBELLE_2

That's as blatant a case of shilling as I've ever seen. :eek:

She needs kicking off Ebay! :mad:

lillybell

I give the cheats one week left on ebay

Good Job

People Power !!!

sheraz2

http://feedback.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback&userid=widgettart
look at the feedback

rdwarr

leona71 wrote:

This female has a shop, lots of feedback and everything. Why would she want to risk getting chucked off, this is obviously a business for her.

To ensure that the business never sells anything at a loss!
On eBay's shill bidding page they give a specific example along these lines:

Bob is a high-volume seller on eBay who wants to be sure that he never sells at a loss. Rather than use eBay's "Reserve Price" feature to set his minimum sale prices, Bob has an associate who places bids on his listings, in effect, setting a 'hidden' reserve price.

I have a feeling the good times are now over.

loates123

http://auctionpix.co.uk/shill_bidding.php

loates123

http://www.auctionpix.co.uk/shill/9508107457.html

what a joke