Blatant Shill bidding. Need help reporting.

samspam

Isn't it amazing how the blatent shill bidders get away with it, yet two of my friends have had their accounts suspended for doing it once with their husbands accounts!

rdwarr

frivolous_fay wrote:

How are they losing fees? If the item sells for more, they get more.

Because the seller is avoiding either a "reserve price auction" or a higher starting price.
Listing fees will be avoided although FVFs are the same.

FamilyGuy_2

Thanks guys. Looks like we managed to save people a lot of money.

Which is what MSE is all about

deanos

rdwarr wrote:

While you were editing I reported with very similar wording:

Let's hope for a result here.

Dont hold your breath folks, i have been reporting this for over a month and i know at least 3 other people have reported it and now people on here have done, but its still going on , i even spoke to Ebay live help and the guy agreed it was blatent shill bidding but he could do nothing i had to email Ebay with a complaint which i have done yet again

soolin

deanos wrote:

Dont hold your breath folks, i have been reporting this for over a month and i know at least 3 other people have reported it and now people on here have done, but its still going on , i even spoke to Ebay live help and the guy agreed it was blatent shill bidding but he could do nothing i had to email Ebay with a complaint which i have done yet again

The first one was suspended within an hour of this thread being started, so no need at all to hold our breath

deanos

soolin wrote:

The first one was suspended within an hour of this thread being started, so no need at all to hold our breath

Well i and others have been reporting for a month and nothing has been done and they are still doing it.

soolin

deanos wrote:

Well i and others have been reporting for a month and nothing has been done and they are still doing it.

If the one you reported is shilling as seems likely they aren't very good at it. They keep winning!

Soo

paul_h

I've reported shill bidders before...

Even if eBay suspend the sellers, it's generally only for a week and they're back doing it again with the same usernames - I've kept an eye on a few sellers that I've reported, suspension doesn't seem to bother them or affect their behaviour.

So long as eBay are getting their FVFs...:rolleyes:

best thing to do is protect yourself by keeping your wits about you. This is a useful tool if you are suspicious...

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

deanos

paul_h wrote:

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

Good tool that, got a list of all the recent auctions that kellsbelle1010 has bid on and they are all furniture ones from purplehog11

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frivolous_fay

paul_h wrote:

Even if eBay suspend the sellers, it's generally only for a week and they're back doing it again with the same usernames - I've kept an eye on a few sellers that I've reported, suspension doesn't seem to bother them or affect their behaviour.

I've read on the ebay forums that ebay operate on 40 day periods... for example, if they receive a number of reports on one seller within 40 days, they treat it the same way as one report. (I think)

The trick is... once the seller is reinstated, to catch them at it again in the NEXT 40 days - then ebay start taking serious notice. (Apparently)

There are some seasoned scam-busters on the ebay boards... I'l see if I can dig up any useful info.