Help required - stung by shill bidder!!!

headcovers · 20 July 2006 at 6:05PM

Definitely a shillbidder. Check out the results on AuctionPix.

http://www.auctionpix.co.uk/shill/5443060436.html

Hintza · 20 July 2006 at 7:54PM

If you put in a bid at £9.99 how did you getr a second chance offer @ £15? Confused!

ankles4242 · 20 July 2006 at 9:30PM

Whilst on the subject of shill-bidding can anyone confirm on whether I'm just being a tad over suspicious of these two ids edd31361 and supergran72 and the biddings that have taken place between them?
It's showing definite signs of possible shill bidding to me.
Thanks

lamaar75 · 20 July 2006 at 10:04PM

I have had this a couple of time and one each occasion i have reported them to ebay and they have been kicked off.

Sugar_Coated_Owl · 20 July 2006 at 10:11PM

Hintza wrote:

If you put in a bid at £9.99 how did you getr a second chance offer @ £15? Confused!

I wondered this as well. When you're offered a second chance offer the seller can only offer it to you at the maximum amount that you bid, in this situation it would be £9.99.

Altarf · 20 July 2006 at 10:59PM

Reported, will be funny if they lose their 494 100% feedback for a few shill bids.

rdwarr · 20 July 2006 at 11:11PM

ankles4242 wrote:

Whilst on the subject of shill-bidding can anyone confirm on whether I'm just being a tad over suspicious of these two ids edd31361 and supergran72 and the biddings that have taken place between them?
It's showing definite signs of possible shill bidding to me.
Thanks

If they weren't both in Falkirk I'd say there was no problem. But now I'm not sure. Maybe just found a local supplier to save on postage?
Supergran has bid on four of Edd's auctons and won one. Could she be his Mum?

ankles4242 · 21 July 2006 at 2:49AM

missimaxo · 21 July 2006 at 9:17AM

Sorry - forgot to say - the bid I actually placed was £15, but the auction had a £9.99 starting price, so it showed at £9.99 until the dying seconds of the auction, when she bid against me it went to just above my max bid, ie. £16 but then the second chance offer came in at my max bid of £15!

I decided to buy the shoes as they are still massivley cheaper than any I have found in the shops (£50 in John Lewis) but when I get them, I am going to report her to stop it happening to others!

Thanks for your advice

Tina xx

angelcake · 21 July 2006 at 9:35AM

M!ke wrote:

A 2nd chance offer is where the auction is bidding and the person who won the bid doesnt pay so you can offer the item to any of the other bidders for the amount they placed a bid for.

Not only is it this, It is also when you have more than one item!! I have bought as couple of things because they were cheap to sell on ebay and when one sells I sometimes contact the other bidders with the others! saves time!!

Help required - stung by shill bidder!!!

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