@audistarelectronics wrote:
Yes, I intend to follow the rules. IMO, and that is just that,IMO, anyone caught red handed should be forced to refund the difference of what I ended up paying, to what I should have paid if I wasn't pushed upward. In other words, back to the last legitimate bid. If not, why not?
I agree with you that if it has been shill bidding, your bid has been forced up higher than it should have been.
It's not always easy to prove shilling but there is one way that it could be reduced.
My own belief is if a bidder retracts a leading bid on an item, and does not replace it with another leading bid, then ALL their previous bids on that item should be removed.
There are circumstances where a person might want to retract a bid eg if they had typed in $1000 instead of $100, but if their bid is the leading one, they can clearly see what the second highest bid is so if they are genuine they can still change their bid down but stay in the lead.
But audistar, you are not without power here. If you strongly suspect you've been a victim of shilling, don't pay. I'd message the seller and say you're not happy, you suspect shilling, which is dishonest.
They can hit you with an unpaid strike, you can protest it & you may or may not win but if you get a strike so what. On ebay it can only affect you if you get 2 of them in a 6 month period so if you have no others, it is not going to matter in the least.
Normally, I think people should not bid unless they are prepared to pay, but that does not extend to sales where you feel you are the victim of dishonest practices.
