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Reporting Shill Bidders?

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  • Thank You Soo....(&VH)

    for taking the time to look at the feedback on this one, Im feeling quite the detective today!!
    I've bagged my first shillbidder. Hooray! :)

    But here's betting that ebay do very little on the matter :(
  • angelcake
    angelcake Posts: 4,496 Forumite
    Hi, With further investigation it looks like you may be right chillipepper........sounds like you are a bit too informed to me! sounds more like experience! I wouldn't know to look that much in depth but heysuppose you could just be an ebay "senior"!!
    :p:p Angel :p:p
  • VH
    VH Posts: 501 Forumite
    I agree that the bidding patterns definitely look suspicious now. curl1968 hasn't even left feedback for igho1966 despite buying a few items from them. But they've left feedback for all the other sellers.

    I think you're right and you have a shill bidder here. Well spotted, are you sure you're not a copper?
    But here's betting that ebay do very little on the matter :(
    Not so sure about this, both times I've reported a shill bidder they've been suspended within 48 hours. Keep an eye on these accounts, I'm sure they will get NARUed shortly.
  • I wouldnt bet on the user getting banned,i cam across the most obvious shill bidder that was a lot worse than this guy! and the bottom line is ebay do not give a crap so long as they get paid.
    What goes around - comes around
    give lots and you will always recieve lots
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,129 Ambassador
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    I've reported shill bidders a couple of times and both times they were pulled quite quickly. Maybe I was just lucky or got ebay on a slow day
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
  • Doh
    Doh Posts: 168 Forumite
    lets face it shill bidding tends to do ebay a favour by increasing their FVF fees. So whats to motivate them to act?

    personaly peeps i wouldn't waste your time searching all this stuff out, i used to get stressed by the shocking activity on eBay, now i just let it happen, doesn't really affect me and get on with my life ;)
  • angel
    angel Posts: 2,017 Forumite
    Wel finally I know what shill bidding is! I hand't even thought about it before. I'll keep an eye out from now on. :)
    :smileyhea "here, hare, here" :smileyhea
  • If any shill bidding effects me in anyway or if i spot it a mile off, i report it. Most of the times i've reported shilling, the accounts in question have been NARU'ed.
    "There are no pockets in a shroud..."
  • robowen
    robowen Posts: 3,042 Forumite
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    I came to the thread a bit late. Wondered what you were all on about as the names did not register.

    Now I realised he has changed his username from igh01966 to andwil154, probably to throw a smokescreen.
    Everything makes sense now.

    he must know he has been rumbled !! well done.
    If only everything in life was as reliable...AS ME !!
    robowen 5/6/2005©

    ''Never take an idiot anywhere with you. You'll always find one when you get there.''
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 74,129 Ambassador
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    andwil154 who used to be igho1966 is now NARU!

    curl1968 is also NARU.

    Gosh, that was quick. well done all!

    Soo
    I’m a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on the eBay, Auctions, Car Boot & Jumble Sales, Boost Your Income, Praise, Vents & Warnings, Overseas Holidays & Travel Planning , UK Holidays, Days Out & Entertainments boards. If you need any help on these boards, do let me know.. Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any posts you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button, or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com.All views are my own and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.
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