Yes, great example of blatant shill bidding. Seller was able to have an effective reserve of $99, and netted more than $100 by not letting the first auction finish fairly. Do you think that he/she had the audacity to file as canceled transaction with eBay (to get the fees returned), in which case eBay has even more evidence of the shill (i.e. winner of auction 1 wanted a refund, yet bid more in the 2nd auction on the same item) -- would that be how it works?
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