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Oh I am angry

Emmy
Emmy Posts: 1,929 Forumite
in Ebay, auctions, car boot sales, post & parcels
I should have done my homework on a seller I was thinking of buying from...... shoot me but I trusted him. Bad move I have looked at his auctions and he is shill bidding on his own stuff...... can someone give me the link to report it on ebay I have been going round in circles to try and find it....
Emmy
Thanks
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  • danmanchester
    danmanchester Posts: 1,273 Forumite
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    Hi, you can report suspected shill bidding from here:http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/contact_inline/report_problem.html
    in box 1 click "report problems with other ebay members"
    in box 2 click "problems with sellers" and finally...
    in box 3 click "seller is bidding on his/her own items with another User ID"
  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,003 Ambassador
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    It is worth reporting him as the one we last discussed on here was NARU'd today! That was pretty fast work, I can't find the thread to update it but both the 'buyer and seller' were fairly new users and a bad shiller who accidentally let his shill bid win one of his own auctions!

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  • Emmy
    Emmy Posts: 1,929 Forumite
    Thanks guys I found the link.... thank you. I wondered about live help? as the form keeps telling me I am duplicating numbers (even tho I am not)
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  • Emmy
    Emmy Posts: 1,929 Forumite
    It won't let me report it so it looks like live help might be the only option! off to look for the link
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  • danmanchester
    danmanchester Posts: 1,273 Forumite
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    I have a feeling that live help is only available to Powersellers?
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    Nope........ Live help is for anyone.

    https://www.ebay.com n you'll see the icon. :)

    Be aware however, they won't entertain any issues relating to shill bidding, fraud, etc. :)
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • danmanchester
    danmanchester Posts: 1,273 Forumite
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    thanks Tojo...I haven't seen that icon on the Uk site though..so wonder if it's just applicable to USA ebayers?
  • Tojo_Ralph
    Tojo_Ralph Posts: 8,373 Forumite
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    danmanchester wrote:
    thanks Tojo...I haven't seen that icon on the Uk site though..so wonder if it's just applicable to USA ebayers?

    UK users can use it, however I am unsure if there are any issues that are applicable to the US site and not the UK site or visa versa.

    I've only used them to get links and ask questions, ones they usually cannot answer. :p
    The MSE Dictionary
    Loophole - A word used to entice people to read clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Rip Off - Clearly written Terms and Conditions.
    Terms and Conditions - Otherwise known as a loophole or a rip off.
  • Emmy
    Emmy Posts: 1,929 Forumite
    Yes, just gave me a link...... no help really
    The facts are that both id's are registered to the same part of the country, shill account at 0 feedback never won an item in the almost year registered and only ever bid on the 'sellers' items.
    Emmy
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  • pug_in_a_bed
    pug_in_a_bed Posts: 1,975 Forumite
    if you give us the item number then others may want to report him too, esp. after a few recent successes!
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