Ebay retractions

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Good detective work Peter. I see they are bidding on items from the same seller. Is there anyway of finding out if these retractions were with that same seller?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Dan, not that I know of, but whether they are with the same or different sellers, I can't think of any good reason someone would retract that many bids. I don't think I have retracted a single bid ever, for example.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

I agree - it's all rather disturbing.

[MBMiller25]

Check out the late action on the 51 Bowman SGC 84 Mantle auction last night. I would not be pleased if I was the high bidder on that card.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951-Bowman-...item51b010bfc8

[Peter_Spaeth]

Bidder Information
Bidder: e***p ( 6 )
Feedback: 100% Positive
Item description: Item Title: 1951 Bowman Mickey Mantle ROOKIE #253 SGC 7 NRMT (PWCC)
Bids on this item: 4
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 10
Items bid on: 5
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 40% Help
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 2

[D. Bergin]

Whether it's shilling or not, it's an awful trend that Ebay doesn't seem to give a crap about.

There are hundreds of bidders out there now who are using bid retractions just because they can or as a bidding strategy. Either out of curiosity to see how high an auction is bid up to, before they retract their bid, to interfere with an auction for their own benefit, or to interfere with an auction, just for laughs.

I even got an angry e-mail from one of these guys after he retracted a bid in one of my auctions with just a couple of days left. I went and checked his history, saw he had a ton of retractions, and then I blocked him from my auctions.

"Why did you block me from your auctions, I have perfect feedback?" I hear back from him.

I explain to him, he's making me look like a shiller by retracting bids, and then trying to bid again, and that he has a regular history of doing this, so I can't really trust him. He gets back to me........."Oh, I had no idea, I promise I won't do it again."

Limit bid retractions, problem solved on many levels, Ebay..........nah, they have no scruples.

[CaramelMan]

there is no other way to explain the changes they have made over the last year or so...everything to make it easier to schill bid.

the more schill, the more the ending price, the more money for ebay, the more money for stockholders.

good for stockholders means they will continue to look the other way..in fact, they seem to ENCOURAGE IT!

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by MBMiller25

Check out the late action on the 51 Bowman SGC 84 Mantle auction last night. I would not be pleased if I was the high bidder on that card.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1951-Bowman-...item51b010bfc8

Wow, that's just wrong. Matt. Would Ebay do anything about it?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Wow, that's just wrong. Matt. Would Ebay do anything about it?

I'm totally lost as to what's wrong about it. The high bidder placed his bid a couple hours after the second highest bid. It's not like he was run up by someone.

What am I missing?

Steve B