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If you want to be a shill-bidder register in Germany
me4bargains
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Hiya
I strongly suspected a German seller was shill-bidding on his auctions so I tried to look at what his alleged German-based buyer had bid on before. I got this messge from Ebay instead.
Has anyone else come across this?
Looks like if you want shill-bid with protection register your account in Germany :mad:
I strongly suspected a German seller was shill-bidding on his auctions so I tried to look at what his alleged German-based buyer had bid on before. I got this messge from Ebay instead.
Has anyone else come across this?
Looks like if you want shill-bid with protection register your account in Germany :mad:
Third time lucky on WW I hope :j
January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
January: 13st 11lb :eek:, February: 13st 2.5lb, March: 12st 13lb, April: 12st 10.5lb, May: 12st 2lb, June: 12st 1lb, July: 12st 1lb, August: 11st 11lb, September: 11st 10.5lb, October: 11st 12.5lb, Currently 11st 8lb
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That's right, very strict privacy laws in Germany!My TV is broken!
Edit: refunded £515 for TV 1.5 years out of warranty - thank you Sale of Goods Act! :j0 -
Yeah I've seen that before. Germany have one of the strictest data protection laws in the EU.-->♥<-- Sugar Coated Owl -->♥<--
If you believe, you will survive - Katie Piper
Woohoo! I'm normal! Gotta go tell the cat.0 -
That will explain why you can't search for completed items in Germany which is very frustrating when you want to target them!!0
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yep.
I'm still determined to get a german ebay account. They seem to base registraton on there equivalent of the electoral register - but I have a cunning plan I'll get round to one day ;+)
btw - I don't want it for shilling0 -
What for then?-->♥<-- Sugar Coated Owl -->♥<--
If you believe, you will survive - Katie Piper
Woohoo! I'm normal! Gotta go tell the cat.0 -
razorbladekisses wrote:What for then?
Cheap war memorabilia?Just because you used to be you think everybody else is, don't you?0 -
I didn't realise you couldn't search for things in germany? Does this also apply to german users who list on ebay UK? Can you not search those either, or does that fall under our laws?
Just incase anyone isn't familiar with the term, Shill bidding means having a phantom account that pushes up the price of an auction.
Me4bargains is only pointing this out as a point of frustration.
Shill bidding is ILLEGAL, and can incurr legal action against individuals, so don't actually go and try to register an account for this
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