Nobody cares about ebay shill bidding but

[Peter_Spaeth]

Law enforcement reads the forum; one can hope.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Guy only paid $100 extra, no biggie.

m***m( 2 ) Retracted: US $1,461.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 18:49:15 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 18:50:22 PDT

[arexcrooke]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Guy only paid $100 extra, no biggie.

m***m( 2 ) Retracted: US $1,461.00
Bid: Sep-02-13 18:49:15 PDT
Retracted: Sep-02-13 18:50:22 PDT

Sarcasm, correct?

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by arexcrooke

Sarcasm, correct?

Of course.

[CMIZ5290]

At the risk of arguments, I don't know how in the hell this card can sell for close to $1500. There has got to be some ideas among the many, brilliant minds on this board. What exactly is going on, and why?? Why cant more coarse consequences take place?

[bigfanNY]

I do not think he is involved either but he runs a business that has the potential to hide problems created by others. First someone who is banned from Ebay can consign with him they do not have to go in front of the rest of Ebay with their Feedback score. They go in front of the Ebay world with His feedback score. Second is the problem being discussed sellers or friends of sellers can run up bids. There are ways to track this by using stats to look at bid patterns for bidders who bid on specific peoples consignments etc. etc. But like another member said not my business to solve his problem..But have no doubt there are ways to solve it. He has 12 million reasons to solve this quickly.

[botn]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Law enforcement reads the forum; one can hope.

Yeah I would not hold your breath...If eBay received enough complaints about the bid retraction history I am sure they would look into it and would apply pressure to sellers who are using or allowing this to take place.

Question for the lawyers...eBay earns a fee based on the final sale's price so if they look the other way on this type of shill bidding, if one were to sue could they be named in the suit? I figure for selfish reason they might want to step in and attempt to prevent this type of bidding activity.

[Seattle799]

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[conor912]

I honestly don't understand why (every week) this comes as shock to some people. Rick (or any other consignor) doesn't give a shit, and I can't say I blame them. It's like a big bank that makes $1B on a sketchy deal, gets caught and gets fined by the SEC for $500M. Until the punishment outweighs the benefit of the crime, it's business as usual.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by conor912

I honestly don't understand why (every week) this comes as shock to some people. Rick (or any other consignor) doesn't give a shit, and I can't say I blame them. It's like a big bank that makes $1B on a sketchy deal, gets caught and gets fined by the SEC for $500M. Until the punishment outweighs the benefit of the crime, it's business as usual.

Until the first grand jury subpoena for his records comes.

[Iron Horse]

Was interested on bidding. Took a look at the bid history and the high bidder. 22 bid retractions in 6 months? I'm not sure what is a high #, but that sounds high to me. I may be wrong and i am not accusing anyone of anything.


Bidder Information
Bidder: u***r ( 2026Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999)
Feedback: 100% Positive
Item description: Item Title: 1954 Wilson Franks Ted Williams PSA 4 VGEX (PWCC)
Bids on this item: 3

30-Day Summary
Total bids: 405
Items bid on: 84
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 17% Help
Bid retractions: 3
Bid retractions (6 months): 22

[botn]

Originally Posted by Iron Horse

Was interested on bidding. Took a look at the bid history and the high bidder. 22 bid retractions in 6 months? I'm not sure what is a high #, but that sounds high to me. I may be wrong and i am not accusing anyone of anything.

I have been on eBay since May of 1997 and I have never retracted a single bid. I am sure that most members here would say the same. 22 in 6 months is astounding. This particular bidder is either checking high bids and then retracting or he needs take a typing class so he does not make so many key stroke errors.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by botn

I have been on eBay since May of 1997 and I have never retracted a single bid. I am sure that most members here would say the same. 22 in 6 months is astounding. This particular bidder is either checking high bids and then retracting or he needs take a typing class so he does not make so many key stroke errors.

I might have retracted one or two bids in fourteen years but I don't ever remember doing it.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

Originally Posted by botn

I have been on eBay since May of 1997 and I have never retracted a single bid. I am sure that most members here would say the same. 22 in 6 months is astounding. This particular bidder is either checking high bids and then retracting or he needs take a typing class so he does not make so many key stroke errors.

I also don't ever recall retracting a bid in my 14 years of eBay activity.

[wonkaticket]

Originally Posted by botn

I have been on eBay since May of 1997 and I have never retracted a single bid. I am sure that most members here would say the same. 22 in 6 months is astounding. This particular bidder is either checking high bids and then retracting or he needs take a typing class so he does not make so many key stroke errors.

2 retractions in 10+ years each retraction was because of my clumsy typing i.e. entered 1000.00 vs. 100.00 or something. After each retraction I reentered my bid on the item….

[conor912]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Until the first grand jury subpoena for his records comes.

Sure...but see my last sentence.