Ebay announces new Shill Bidding policy...Thought?

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Posted By: Gilbert Porter

Absolutely certain - the suspension states that the reason is for shill bidding (my son had a 135 perfect positive rating bfore this, and the nephew had an over-250 perfect positive rating). Neither my son nor nephew ever received an inquiry or warning from eBay about this.

When we inquired of eBay about this, they recited their "no family" rule.

The purported "no pay" claim by a seller was one day later. It invited us to reply to eBay if we disagreed (which we did, with proof of the electronic payment through BidPay), but there was a second email minutes after the first on this point from eBay informing my son (in effect) that because he is suspended the matter is not open for him to challenge. In the meantime, we still have no ability to contact the seller through eBay (except through my other eBay accounts, which is what I have been trying to do to no avail). And, of course, since my other eBay accounts are not the "buyer", there is no ability for me to complain about the seller to eBay. Fortunately, it is a small amount.

When you are suspended they continue to give you access to your eBay emails, but nothing else - hence even though we paid for several items over the last two weeks prior to usspension, we have no way of looking them up - even if just to reimnd ourselves of what we were supposed to receive.