Out of curiosity I checked if shill bidding can be reported to eBoy, but
there seems to be no easy way to do that. At least there is no category
where one can report suspicious bidding activity.
J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Keller" <jeffreyrkeller@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 09:08
Subject: [OM] Shill bid on Zuiko 8mm?
>
> I and others have commented on yaBe's 'anonymous' bidder IDs. Here's
> an example that has me wondering if it's a shill.
>
> Member for less than a week
> Has placed 29% of his bids on one seller with 20 bids on one item
> 270087867835 (Zuiko 8mm with engraving) He's placed bids at mostly
> $10 increments starting at $370 going 3 bids beyond the previous high
> at $555.
>
> My first reaction is to stay away from this auction. I think the
> biggest loss for me though is loosing the ability to contact other
> yaBe members in an attempt to dig up info. YMMV
>
> -jeff
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