Thread: I was the victim of shill bidding on ebay!
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Old 09-20-2012, 07:13 PM
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Originally Posted by HRBAKER View Post
Steve,

If the opener is $4.99 and a legitimate bidder puts a proxy bid in of $65 and is the only legitimate bidder but is driven to say $50+ by a series of "shill" bids and then I snipe and win it for say $55 - I would say my price was adversely affected by a shill even though I sniped.

Extreme example I know.
How do you win it for 55 if another bidder has a 65 max?
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