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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Seattlite86, post: 2738510, member: 59737&quot;]A week or two ago, I bid on an item on eBay that I was interested in (proof Eisenhower Dollar with designer signature).&nbsp; I don&#039;t really collect proofs, but the two together in a PCGS slab seemed like a cool thing to own.</p><p><br /></p><p>I ended up being outbid at the last minute and decided not to be a bidiot and go crazy.&nbsp; Here&#039;s the link: <a href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/272650744775?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/272650744775?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.de/itm/272650744775?ssPageName=STRK:MEBIDX:IT</a></p><p><br /></p><p>A few days later, I was curious to see if there were any others available on eBay and found this one up for auction: <a href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/USA-One-Dollar-1976-S-Bicentennial-Silber-1-PCGS-GEM-Proof-Designer-Edition-RAR-/272670196860?hash=item3f7c69047c:g:JRUAAOSwHptY-dOV" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.ebay.de/itm/USA-One-Dollar-1976-S-Bicentennial-Silber-1-PCGS-GEM-Proof-Designer-Edition-RAR-/272670196860?hash=item3f7c69047c:g:JRUAAOSwHptY-dOV" rel="nofollow">http://www.ebay.de/itm/USA-One-Dollar-1976-S-Bicentennial-Silber-1-PCGS-GEM-Proof-Designer-Edition-RAR-/272670196860?hash=item3f7c69047c:g:JRUAAOSwHptY-dOV</a></p><p><br /></p><p>Noting that it had the same exact pictures as the previous one, I decided to take a look into the feedbacks to see if the Ike Dollar was in there.&nbsp; I stretched out his feedback as a seller to the last 200 sales and noticed the exact same buyer and feedback on about 90% of them.&nbsp; <a href="http://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&amp;userid=coins_for_you1989&amp;ftab=FeedbackAsSeller&amp;keyword=272670196860&amp;searchInterval=30" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&amp;userid=coins_for_you1989&amp;ftab=FeedbackAsSeller&amp;keyword=272670196860&amp;searchInterval=30" rel="nofollow">http://feedback.ebay.de/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewFeedback2&amp;userid=coins_for_you1989&amp;ftab=FeedbackAsSeller&amp;keyword=272670196860&amp;searchInterval=30</a></p><p><br /></p><p>This seems like a pretty clear case of shill bidding.&nbsp; I&#039;m curious if anyone&#039;s had any luck exposing a shill bidder or shutting down an account that uses it.&nbsp; I assume eBay has a sort of &quot;don&#039;t ask don&#039;t tell&quot; because shill bidding gets them more money, but I had to ask.</p><p><br /></p><p>[USER=39]@chrisild[/USER] [USER=54036]@micbraun[/USER][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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