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Ebay Virgin

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  • stclair
    stclair Posts: 6,855 Forumite
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    soolin wrote: »
    Please tell me you are joking :eek:

    All my mates bid on each others items to bump up the price on ebay.

    Is that not allowed? :eek:
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  • cyberbob
    cyberbob Posts: 9,480 Forumite
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    I await for the thread My ebay/paypal account is frozen
  • TurkishDelight
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    edited 4 March 2010 at 12:11AM
    stclair wrote: »
    All my mates bid on each others items to bump up the price on ebay.

    Is that not allowed? :eek:
    No, it's called shill bidding.

    It's strictly against ebays rules and is arguably/borderline illegal, not to mention very unfair.

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html
    This is my opinion. There are many others like it but this is mine
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  • DirtPoorGuy
    DirtPoorGuy Posts: 651 Forumite
    edited 4 March 2010 at 11:54AM
    TurkishDelight wrote: »
    No, it's called shill bidding.

    It's strictly against ebays rules and is arguably/borderline illegal, not to mention very unfair.

    http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html


    Don't tell her, you will spoil all the fun for everyone when she comes back in a few days with her eBay tales of woe. :rotfl:
  • u1bd2005
    u1bd2005 Posts: 80 Forumite
    I'm just waiting for the "help, my friends account got frozen, and now they wount speak to me" thread, now that would be even funnier hehe. :p
  • soolin
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    stclair wrote: »
    All my mates bid on each others items to bump up the price on ebay.

    Is that not allowed? :eek:
    Um, NO

    We get plenty of threads on here with links to shill bidders and a fair bit of the time their accounts are closed within a few days of them being mentioned on here.
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  • aaronm_2
    aaronm_2 Posts: 156 Forumite
    Bump the price with the help of your friends. It is true some people will do such a thing. Next time to purchase on Ebay, I need to be careful.
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  • DirtPoorGuy
    DirtPoorGuy Posts: 651 Forumite
    aaronm wrote: »
    Bump the price with the help of your friends. It is true some people will do such a thing. Next time to purchase on Ebay, I need to be careful.

    Okay admit it, either you are the person that used to write the cryptic clues for Treasure Hunt and 3-2-1 or you are secretly Yoda.
  • Abbafan1972
    Abbafan1972 Posts: 7,177 Forumite
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    The thread title says it all. The OP hasn't got a clue about Ebay.

    Personally I would sell it to CEX and get the cash. They are pretty good.
    Striving to clear the mortgage before it finishes in Dec 2028 - amount currently owed - £19,575.02
  • DirtPoorGuy
    DirtPoorGuy Posts: 651 Forumite
    edited 4 March 2010 at 10:42AM
    Abbafan1972 wrote: »
    The thread title says it all. The OP hasn't got a clue about Ebay.

    Personally I would sell it to CEX and get the cash. They are pretty good.

    The OP came on to the forum looking for advice about selling the phone on eBay, they suggested they had not yet listed it, then later made it clear that the had already listed it so asking for advice was pointless and a waste of the time of anyone who had offered it.

    Selling on Gumtree gets you the maximum price possible for your item without having any fees or having to sell it at a lower price to guarantee that a third party like CEX can then sell on for a higher price.
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