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runscottThere are plenty of high-feedback sellers on ebay who shill their own auctions - these are the ones who are least likely to get nailed for it by ebay. Also, it makes perfect sense if you are shilling your own auction, to use those id's to bid on other seller's auctions - perfect cover.
In the end we won't know, but 'inexperienced bidders' seems quite naive.