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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;aubade21, post: 2738859, member: 44104&quot;]Yes, you can shill on a coin, win it, cancel the sale, and then leave feedback (to your 2nd account or to your buddy). I do not know how frequently it occurs on ebay, but there are a few select sellers that do it on many of their auctions. I have a buddy that is part of the ebay counterfeit / fraud detection group (for coins), and when it happens, we pass those auctions along to him. I don&#039;t know how they handle it after that, but I assume they look for trends, and eventually, warn/lock accounts if there is enough evidence. </p><p><br /></p><p>Another method of shilling (and one that is particularly frustrating) occurs when a shill bidder bids the minimum increment a number of times until they reach (and surpass) a legit bidders maximum bid. So if a potential buyer puts in a healthy maximum bid early in the auction, lets say 200 bucks, and that raises the current bid $50, the shill bidder then will bid all the way up to $205. At that point, the shill bidder gets their last bid retracted (back to 200, but not winning) so they can squeeze everything they can from the top buyer. It&#039;s all about greed, and it is for this reason, I only bid with a few seconds to go on ebay auctions.</p><p><br /></p><p>About a year ago, a couple of EAC members started a Facebook discussion group to identify fakes/bad sellers on ebay. It has helped to clean up ebay (especially for novice buyers)...to a degree.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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