Occurs to me that even if a shill wins, this just opens the door for the seller to send a "second chance offer" to the next highest bidder, saying that there was a problem with the winner's payment, etc... This has happened to me a couple of times when I bid more than I knew an item would ordinarily bring, because I really wanted the item.
Perhaps if Ebay did away with the second chance offer it would reduce the amount of dishonest selling? Andy Baron On Jan 28, 2006, at 10:12 AM, Mgraziano1 wrote: > The best way to check is to do a bidder's search on the people who > drove the > price up. If they are frequently bidding on your seller's items, but > usually always losing, then you know it's a shill (sometimes they win, > you > know). > > -Mike > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, January 28, 2006 12:40 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Phono-L] I smell a rat..................... > > I have a very clean VV-IX that I was considering to put on Ebay. > Usually, > these machines demand $350.00 to $400.00(if you're lucky). I happened > to run > across this one during it's early stage of bidding. I was surprised by > the > rather high bidding, so I added it to my watch page to see where it > would > go. I nearly stroked out at the final price! > I contacted the next two highest bidders several days later(yeah, I > know, an > Ebay no-no) to inquire as to whether they were interested in a machine > in > similar condition for their top bid. (c'mon, well all do it, or we > aren't > good capitalists!) Anyway, neither responded, and now it's over a > month and > neither buyer nor seller has given feedback. > Does anyone here feel this is a prime example of "shill bidding?" I > dunno, > but this stinks in my opinion. > > Bill > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? > ViewItem&item=6587005134&rd=1&sspagenam > e=STRK%3AMEWA%3AIT&rd=1 > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Phono-L mailing list > [email protected] > > Phono-L Archive > http://www.oldcrank.org/pipermail/phono-l/ >
