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<p>[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 1092415, member: 7957"]If you are that convinced there is shill bidding here, you turn him in. eBay is going to do nothing unless and until they have evidence to show it is really shill bidding and what you have presented here contains no evidence that I can see. In fact, the pattern of bidding you cite would be nearly proof that he is not shill bidding. Why on earth would he bid at the beginning of an auction? I do it all the time to watch an item. If he is shill bidding he already knows what he is bidding on and the is no reason to bid at the beginning. He then places multiple bids at the end of the auction until he is the leading bidder. Again the purpose of a shill bidder is not to win the bid, but to assure that the item sells for a minimum amount. As you state it, "put a what is essentially a reserve on a "no reserve" auction". By winning the auction, he has defeated what he was trying to do.</p><p><br /></p><p>BTW -jeffB</p><p>first - by his feedback</p><p>second - the percentage of bids with the seller is given if you click in the bidder from the bidding page.</p><p>third - he cannot determine that.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="rlm's cents, post: 1092415, member: 7957"]If you are that convinced there is shill bidding here, you turn him in. eBay is going to do nothing unless and until they have evidence to show it is really shill bidding and what you have presented here contains no evidence that I can see. In fact, the pattern of bidding you cite would be nearly proof that he is not shill bidding. Why on earth would he bid at the beginning of an auction? I do it all the time to watch an item. If he is shill bidding he already knows what he is bidding on and the is no reason to bid at the beginning. He then places multiple bids at the end of the auction until he is the leading bidder. Again the purpose of a shill bidder is not to win the bid, but to assure that the item sells for a minimum amount. As you state it, "put a what is essentially a reserve on a "no reserve" auction". By winning the auction, he has defeated what he was trying to do. BTW -jeffB first - by his feedback second - the percentage of bids with the seller is given if you click in the bidder from the bidding page. third - he cannot determine that.[/QUOTE]
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