Dodgy ebay seller getting the most for their items

mummym_3

Hi, i bidded on an item a couple of weeks ago and was outbid at the last minute by another bidder, was then offered 2nd chance offer about 10mins after auction ended. I didnt take up the offer as i found it a bit suspicious. The item was then relisted and i bid on it again and was winning up until a few minutes before it ended, when i was outbid by the same bidder as last time. I was again offered 2nd chance offer 10 mins after auction end being to seller has had problems with the bidder before. The bidder is a new user and has bid on 11 items all from the same seller. Can you still report people for bidding on their own items using a different account? Tia

RFW

mummym wrote: »

Hi, i bidded on an item a couple of weeks ago and was outbid at the last minute by another bidder, was then offered 2nd chance offer about 10mins after auction ended. I didnt take up the offer as i found it a bit suspicious. The item was then relisted and i bid on it again and was winning up until a few minutes before it ended, when i was outbid by the same bidder as last time. I was again offered 2nd chance offer 10 mins after auction end being to seller has had problems with the bidder before. The bidder is a new user and has bid on 11 items all from the same seller. Can you still report people for bidding on their own items using a different account? Tia

You can report sellers for shill bidding, click on the 'report item' on the item page and you'll get the option.
Just to say that I have items that I give second chance offers on as I have several of them and I also have regular customers who bid on a lot of my auctions, so it may not be shill bidding.
The biggest ounishment for shill bidders is the extra fees they have to pay!

marywooyeah

hi yeah you can it's called Shill bidding, it can get your account suspended or even banned. I'd report them asap. hth

mummym_3

hi, i know its not a duplicate item as its a large item and it seems very coincidental that the bidder would bid on only their items noone else! can i report the seller even if i buy the item? its just even tho i begrudge having to pay my maximum bid for it when i was winning at 99p i know i will not be able to get the item that cheap elsewhere.

RFW

mummym wrote: »

hi, i know its not a duplicate item as its a large item and it seems very coincidental that the bidder would bid on only their items noone else! can i report the seller even if i buy the item? its just even tho i begrudge having to pay my maximum bid for it when i was winning at 99p i know i will not be able to get the item that cheap elsewhere.

You can report anyone you like, I would add more but I'm sure someone else will be along soon to point out the error of your ways;)

jweb2k

I'd definitely ask the seller to sell for 99p. If he doesn't, he'll obviously re-list and re-list and eventually you'll get it for 99p - especially after reporting for shill bidding and eBay have a word!

mummym_3

RFW wrote: »

You can report anyone you like, I would add more but I'm sure someone else will be along soon to point out the error of your ways;)

error of my ways???? i would be more than willing to buy at the max bid if it was a genuine bidder but it isn't!
The whole point of ebay is to get the item at the price you are willing to pay which i put the maximum i would pay however it is supposed to be a fair deal... if the seller wanted a higher price he should start it higher no shill bid!

Leanne200

Def report him! I personally would not buy it, not from someone like that. I wouldn't give them the satisfaction!!

Im sure you must be able to find one of whatever it is somewhere else

TurkishDelight

mummym wrote: »

by the same bidder as last time.

How do you know? Bidders are anonymous now. It does sound like shill bidding though.

soolin

TurkishDelight wrote: »

How do you know? Bidders are anonymous now. It does sound like shill bidding though.

There is the handy facility to see how many items bidder A has in common with seller B.

sunnysea83

how do you know its the same person when winning bidders name no longer shows up and ony shows up as bidder 1 bidder 3 etc!