Scott, unfortunately there is a growing wave of Ebay scheisters that have up to 15 seperate Ebay accounts going at any one time. They use them all to bolster feedback on the account they plan to scam with. When the time is right they set off on a short but lucrative ( for them at least) selling spree and then simply switch to another account the next month when negative feedback starts rolling in. Even worse they will shill their own auctions using several of their other accounts and if you go to check the bid histories out , they are now smart enough to have gone and bid on useless items they know they will never win in whatever category they are trying to sell in. Example: Seller wants to sell bogus goudey cards, so he and his cronies or family members start bidding on random sportscard auctions they know they will never win, like bidding $1.00 for a $5,000 Ty Cobb card. they are assured of being outbid, but it shows up on their bid history and makes them look like a collector or hobbyist to the average joe who might check bidding histories on Ebay. Ebay knows this is going on and does nothing to stop it. The antique store dealer that lives down the road from me has 12 accounts on Ebay that he uses to sell and buy from. All have feedback scores in the triple digits now. He told ne he has been doing this for 7 years.
Ebay seller JEREMYPADILlA is a fine example. of this type of activity.
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