That's an interesting scheme that I hadn't thought about. I don't know
how to do it but I think ebay has some method to allow you to reject
bids from specific bidders. It would probably take persistence but I
think the problem could eventually be largely overcome.
Chuck Norcutt
ScottGee1 wrote:
>
> Shill bidding is used in other ways as well. A couple years ago I had
> a conversation with a local camera dealer that dealt in relatively
> rare items. Asked him if he was using ebay. He sighed and said, "I
> tried, but it didn't work out too well." Why? When he put his better
> items up for auction, they would quickly get very high bids and the
> auctions would close without additional bids. Then the high bidders
> would have reasons they couldn't follow through. Turns out those
> problem bidders were established high volume ebay sellers. The local
> dealer reported them to ebay, receive what amounted to form letters
> saying they'd "investigate" and nothing was ever done.
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