Are 128 bid retractions a lot?
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It's all relative.
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....but only 70 this month.
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Trending upward ;)
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If I understand correctly, the seller receives an email from eBay when a bid is retracted. Wouldn't most sellers ban the bidder after, say, two retractions? Three? Ten? Fifty?
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I actually called eBay about that bidder in that specific auction. I was politely told they don't give a $hit.
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Funny with only (550) feedback but managed to have 12475 bids and 70 retractions this month alone. Great stuff!
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Multiple Choice Question
In the past 30 days this bidder has been averaging one bid every 3-4 minutes around the clock (that's 24/7). Do the math 12475 bids in 30 days.
So he must either: A - have deep pockets B - want a whole lot of stuff C - have a lucrative day job that doesn't require any time commitment D - all of the above E - other (Fill in the blank ___________________________) ;) |
Here's what I don't understand and since there are a few lawyers here, maybe they can help. If there can be a pattern shown that there was shilling going on and it was brought to ebay's attention, and if they did nothing about it, couldn't they be considered complicit in that activity? And even more so if this was an ongoing activity across a number of sellers.
I do understand that actual shilling would have to be provable, which is probably the major "rub". But it seems that if enough patterns can be established to bring nefarious activities into question, and ebay actually has better resources to track this (since actually know who the bidders are), it would be in their best interest to crack down harder on bid retractions of this nature. Or are they banking on the assumption that shilling would be extremely difficult to prove? |
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Seems a tad excessive. :rolleyes:
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You guys are gonna feel bad when you find out this bidder is blind in one eye and types with his toes...
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I would think one retraction is one too many.
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I have been on ebay since 2002 and can only remember 1 time retracting a bid in the hundreds of things I won and thousands of things I have bid on
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I am sure this stuff goes on at the real auction houses. We just can't see it, so we have no problem with it.
I blame Ebay as much if not more than the Probesteins of the world. |
Shilling is wrong and it should be stopped, but ebay will never do anything about it. The only way to hurt the guilty parties is not to overpay. I repeat do not overpay, if you do you are playing directly into there hands. I learned a long time ago I would just as soon not have the cards if I pay more than they are worth in my mind. If I do it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.
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The auction houses hide it. Nobody complains because we don't see it. Ebay condones it because it increases their profits. That is all Ebay cares about. Many of us punish Probestein and PWCC by not bidding because we feel it is wrong that they clearly do nothing and likely engage in it themselves. My question for all of the Probestein and PWCC haters (me included) is that shouldn't we also be boycotting Ebay? I can't wait to see a class action lawsuit against Ebay. That will be a happy day for me. |
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Best to all, Larry |
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