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Posted By: Larry

What is going on at Ebay right now is that powersellers are using separate bidding accounts to eliminate the competition. If an item identical to theirs is being auctioned at the same time, they use their "other account" to bid the competitors item so high that no one will bid above it. Then the bidders will naturally try to win the powerseller's item. Then when the "bogus winning bidder" is invoiced/contacted, the seller never hears a peep out of them and has to file NPB, contact the second place bidder or relist, etc. The bad thing is that these scumbags have to get about a dozen NPBs within 30 days before Ebay will take action, and proving that the accounts are fraudulent is next to impossible. Not to mention that if you give them a negative, they will retaliate in a heartbeat.
My blocked bidder list is full of these scumbags.