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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Endeavor, post: 2212586, member: 60292&quot;]It could be shill bidding then. Seller maybe used dummy account to put a high max bid in and then hope someone bids it up. That might also explain the high number of bid retractions on the other account (2nd dummy account).</p><p><br /></p><p>This is basically a way of setting a reserve without paying eBay fee for it. It can also be advantageous versus a regular reserve by possibly baiting bidders into paying more than they wanted. If bids don&#039;t reach a satisfactory price for seller then they just leave the high max bid alone. Otherwise they retract it leaving the next guy in line to win the auction.</p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s sneaky on the sellers part. I would suggest avoiding sellers like this when you sense something suspicious but if they are selling something you really want then just make sure you don&#039;t fall into the trap and overpay.</p><p><br /></p><p>Stuff like this is mostly done by small sellers but amazingly I&#039;ve seen some high volume sellers do it also. They don&#039;t do the retract bid nonsense but they do use dummy accounts to run up prices. Reporting it to eBay hasn&#039;t changed anything either. I guess they look the other way with big dogs. Perhaps they also can&#039;t prove it although it seems obvious.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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