Is he is shilling on Ebay

[Bilko G]

What i would want to know is why does the guy with 166 feedback have so many retractions????


30-Day Summary
Total bids: 825
Items bid on: 323
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 1% Help
Bid retractions: 61
Bid retractions (6 months): 153


61 retractions in 30 days??


Ive been on Ebay for almost 9 years and i have only 1 bid retraction ever

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Bilko G

What i would want to know is why does the guy with 166 feedback have so many retractions????


30-Day Summary
Total bids: 825
Items bid on: 323
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 1% Help
Bid retractions: 61
Bid retractions (6 months): 153


61 retractions in 30 days??


Ive been on Ebay for almost 9 years and i have only 1 bid retraction ever

This is a guy that scares me. I would block him if I could still see ID's.

I think this is inexcusable that Ebay lets it go on. There should be some kind of automatic alert if anybody has more then a couple retractions a month.

It's not only a sign that he might be shilling auctions, but also that he may be interfering with other sellers auctions.

[dherm360]

another bidder, same auction, whats with all the retractions??

d***k( 1 )
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description: Item Title: 1911 T205 Christy Mathewson EX++ STUNNER!!
Bids on this item: 2
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 101
Items bid on: 40
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 9%
Bid retractions: 35
Bid retractions (6 months): 54

[D. Bergin]

It definitely bolsters the argument that bidder ID's should be made public.

I don't know why Ebay doesn't have any sort of policy against number of bid retractions allowed.

It doesn't look like either of these bidders is regularly bidding in this sellers auctions, so they are either using those ID's to shill their own auctions or they are interfering in other sellers auctions on a regular basis.

[tbob]

I don't uderstand how they are getting away with all those bid retractions. I remember a couple of years ago I bid on a large number of pre-war cards from a set only to notice that my master sheet didn't have the fact on it that I had acquired 3 of the cards so I retracted on those 3 immediately and got a hateful email from ebay about retracting bids and how I couldn't retract again any time soon, sort of a double secret probation.

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by dherm360

another bidder, same auction, whats with all the retractions??

d***k( 1 )
Feedback: 100%Positive
Item description: Item Title: 1911 T205 Christy Mathewson EX++ STUNNER!!
Bids on this item: 2
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 101
Items bid on: 40
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 9%
Bid retractions: 35
Bid retractions (6 months): 54

I haven't used ebay in quite awhile now, but when I did use it, if I won the item- I'd pay for it and that would be it. I always thought the bid retraction was used for an honest mistake, like "oops, I just bid $20,000.00 instead of $2,000.00" type of thing.

I guess what I'm saying is - what is the purpose of so many bid retractions? Is it just to mess with legit bidders, bidding the item up and then just backing out because they only intended to play games in the first place? Did the bid retractor never really want the item?

Could someone please enlighten me on this- I sure would appreciate it (seriously)

Thanks- Clayton

[Jim VB]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

I haven't used ebay in quite awhile now, but when I did use it, if I won the item- I'd pay for it and that would be it. I always thought the bid retraction was used for an honest mistake, like "oops, I just bid $20,000.00 instead of $2,000.00" type of thing.

I guess what I'm saying is - what is the purpose of so many bid retractions? Is it just to mess with legit bidders, bidding the item up and then just backing out because they only intended to play games in the first place? Did the bid retractor never really want the item?

Could someone please enlighten me on this- I sure would appreciate it (seriously)

Thanks- Clayton

Bidding, with the intention of retracting that bid, allows you to see what others have entered as their max bids. With so many people sniping these days, I don't see that as a very useful tool.

Clayton I guess you could use 2 accounts and bid it up then back out at the end dropping the $ and hoping that the inflation kept other bidders at bay ensuring your win at a lesser $

[Ladder7]

Shimokawaza... was that u messing with a seller?

Incidentally, lawn crickets in florida share a resemblence to boston grasshoppers.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by Ladder7

Shimokawaza... was that u messing with a seller?

Incidentally, lawn crickets in florida share a resemblence to boston grasshoppers.

LOL! Somebody finally came out and said something.

I haven't seen this much tip-toeing since Tiger Woods last press conference with his wife.

[shimozukawa]

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