Another shill? You tell me.

[Runscott]

I always cringe when a '1' feedback i.d. bids on my items. If it turned out that they were bidding on many of my things, and ONLY my things, I would send them a message saying "Sorry" and cancel all their bids. You really can't allow that and retain trust from legitimate bidders.

[D. Bergin]

Unless he's retracting bids or not paying for items he's won, I really don't see the issue.

Everybody has to start somewhere, and sometimes it's as an introduction to Ebay from a seller they are already familiar with from doing off ebay deals with.

I certainly wouldn't start canceling bids unless I thought I was going to start getting stiffed by this guy.

It looks like this seller has over 4000 completed auctions in the last 15 days alone and another 2000+ active. I wouldn't be to concerned about 1 guy who has bids on 23 of those items over a 30 day period out there.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Unless he's retracting bids or not paying for items he's won, I really don't see the issue.

Everybody has to start somewhere, and sometimes it's as an introduction to Ebay from a seller they are already familiar with from doing off ebay deals with.

I certainly wouldn't start canceling bids unless I thought I was going to start getting stiffed by this guy.

It looks like this seller has over 4000 completed auctions in the last 15 days alone and another 2000+ active. I wouldn't be to concerned about 1 guy who has bids on 23 of those items over a 30 day period out there.

That's probably all it is. Makes perfect sense - someone who's never used ebay contacts an ebay seller, does an offline deal, then bids exclusively on that seller's stuff, but now through ebay rather than offline. I get it.

[Bugsy]

I have never heard of any collector buying exclusively from one seller. I think it takes much less of a stretch in imagination to think a consignor is shilling his lots.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

I have never heard of any collector buying exclusively from one seller. I think it takes much less of a stretch in imagination to think a consignor is shilling his lots.

If people are this concerned maybe they should contact the seller and see if he can match up the bids with a consignor.

Bid history only goes back 30 days. I still don't understand this shilling theory that says a buyer must spread his money throughout the entire ebay system evenly.

I don't know if this guy is a shiller or not, but you've never had a 30 day span you've only bought from one seller?

[Bugsy]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

If people are this concerned maybe they should contact the seller and see if he can match up the bids with a consignor.

Bid history only goes back 30 days. I still don't understand this shilling theory that says a buyer must spread his money throughout the entire ebay system evenly.

I don't know if this guy is a shiller or not, but you've never had a 30 day span you've only bought from one seller?

Have I ever placed 42 bids on 23 lots exclusively with a single seller? No, I have not. I have never bid that way nor heard of anyone else following that pattern. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Have I ever placed 42 bids on 23 lots exclusively with a single seller? No, I have not. I have never bid that way nor heard of anyone else following that pattern. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

Well, you titled the thread with a "?" mark. I gave my opinion. You should contact the seller if you are concerned.

What about an auction house? You've never placed 42 bids on 23 lots?

I don't know. It really doesn't seem too excessive to me. Especially with a seller with this many lots up.

[Wymers Auction]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Have I ever placed 42 bids on 23 lots exclusively with a single seller? No, I have not. I have never bid that way nor heard of anyone else following that pattern. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

I respectfully disagree. I have sold many times on Ebay and have had people like something of mine and then they search through my other items and they like most of what I have and bid on many items. I have had many people actually contact me in the past and ask my permission to bid since they have such low feedback. Most of my items back then were not baseball related, but that really does not change anything.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by Bugsy

Have I ever placed 42 bids on 23 lots exclusively with a single seller? No, I have not. I have never bid that way nor heard of anyone else following that pattern. Where there's smoke, there's fire.

yep smelly fishy