Posted By:
cmokingI'd be pissed too. Some people seem to think that if a buyer wins it for his bid or less, that he should be happy with it. But that's forgetting the fact that the buyer may have won the auction for even less if not for the shill bidder.
I don't know if ebay really cares much or if they just pretend to care. I found a blatant form of shill bidding, and emailed ebay. They NARU'd both buyer and seller...for a week or two...after that the seller was right back on the market with the same userid. Ebay slapped them on the wrist or was willing to take their word they weren't shill bidding. They don't care...shill bidding makes ebay more money. But they want to make the public think they do take steps to eliminate it. In any case, smart shill bidders won't get caught. It's not difficult to shill bid and be undetectable.