Ebay announces new Shill Bidding policy...Thought?

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Posted By: Gilbert Porter

Good question.  Since I presume most eBay action comes from member complaints, I can only assume that the complainer must have met them both at some of the shows that we do together.  Once my son and nephew were informed by eBay of their suspension they disclosed to eBay that they were related - until that time, none of us realized that eBay was making "family" transactions illegal.

But the process of eliminating friends and family from bidding is a real drag for those of us who had used eBay to "resolve" the issue of fair price ("if you think that's what it is worth, I will put it on eBay and you can bid with everyone else").  And the fact that eBay merely announces its judgment, without notice or warning or request for information, is rather amazing - particularly since their system is so inept and unfair in dealing with legitimate pre-suspension transactions.