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Originally Posted by Snowman
And he does this over and over again on multiple listings. Same thing each time. Shill bids them up above their maximum bid amount, then retracts at the last second (unless he doesn't get a fish on, then he just lets his shill bid win the auction and relists it). Sometimes his shill bids come in with seconds to go, then the retraction takes place 4 seconds later, again, with 1 second remaining in the auction! ONE SECOND! Who would do that? Seems like something only an automated system would do. But how? How does eBay allow this to happen? I certainly don't have the option to retract a bid with 1 second remaining. How is he even able to do this?
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I don't retract bids, but isn't it just a request to the seller, and if he approves, the retraction goes through? In this case the bidder and seller are a team, so maybe the seller clicks on the "bid retraction approved" button (whatever it's called,) at the last second. I agree, that's cutting it unnecessarily close.