buyers with 0 purchases pushing up bids ??? runners or fake bids by sellers ???

Summary: The discussion revolves around concerns regarding buyers with no previous purchase history who are potentially driving up bid prices, leading to suspicions of either being runner-up bidders or fake bids orchestrated by sellers. Participants express skepticism about the authenticity of these bids and discuss the implications for sellers and genuine buyers in the market. Various authors contribute to the conversation by questioning the motives behind these actions, and the impact this behavior may have on fairness in bidding processes.

am l right if so how to contact ebay, there' AI,' system does not give me a box to raise issue 90 % of bidders are a name with 0 buys. pushing up bid prices. was buying a laptop, but O bidders swarm in .. ebay needs to clean this up asap. it is a form of cheating by seller.

cruiser017

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Posted 1 year ago·Last reply 1 year ago

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springyzone

·1 year ago

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I don't think we can tell you for sure, even with the item number.

It could be new bidders just wasting everyone's time or it could possibly be shill bidding but I don't imagine that would be all that easy to do. The seller would not be able to create multiple accounts at their own home on the same device as I think ebay could track that if they were alerted to a possible problem.

I'm no expert with internet details but I think that is the case, anyway.

But sure, sellers could maybe have friends put in a bid but there is a risk then of losing the real bidder(s).

My advice though would be this: If you at all suspect there may be a shill bidder at work, drop out. Drop out completely. Immediately. Consider cancelling your bid.

And you can report an ad to ebay if you strongly suspect a problem.

Laptops aren not a rare item. Don't fret about missing out and I agree with Domino, you may be better off purchasing elsewhere anyway.