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any ideas?

chrisco62 — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:17:34 GMT

I placed a bid on some dvds that have been relisted and on checking the bids on the original listing the person that won is the same person that has bid on the relisted item. Any ideas why this would be?.

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some999 — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:28:12 GMT

shill bidding - Phone & report it to ebay just in case!

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kopenhagen5 — Tue, 27 May 2014 05:55:26 GMT

Or you can use the report link on the listing and ebay will have a look at it.

As said, possibly shill bidding. Which is when the lister has someone bidding up the price for them.

Could also be the seller didn't want to sell at a low price and is trying again. Against the rules of course.

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cq_tech — Tue, 27 May 2014 06:47:49 GMT

How can you possibly tell if it's the same person when the bidder's ID's are all masked?

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chrisco62 — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:22:17 GMT

same mask!, its not rocket surgery.

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cq_tech — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:27:19 GMT

But how do you know what the seller's masked ID would be?

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chrisco62 — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:33:19 GMT

feedback scores are not masked, the chances of two bidders with same score and same letters in mask, bit like dna.

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davewil1964 — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:35:18 GMT

Has happened. A couple of month's ago, actually.

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cq_tech — Tue, 27 May 2014 07:41:16 GMT

With 140,000,000 registered ebay users worldwide, the chances are extremely high.

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digital*ghost — Tue, 27 May 2014 10:16:57 GMT

@chrisco62 wrote:
feedback scores are not masked, the chances of two bidders with same score and same letters in mask, bit like dna.

Click on the bidder's 'mask' - it will show you a 30-day bidding history, including percentage of bids with that seller.

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davewil1964 — Tue, 27 May 2014 10:20:53 GMT

Spoilsport.

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digital*ghost — Tue, 27 May 2014 10:25:32 GMT

@davewil1964 wrote:
Spoilsport.

Potential spoilsport. 😛

It may lend further credence to the OP's suspicions, or it may support the alternative theories. 😄

But then, either way I guess I'm spoiling something for someone... Potential retracted. o_o

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cq_tech — Tue, 27 May 2014 15:08:39 GMT

Sorry, I posted in error and can't delete. 😞

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chrisco62 — Wed, 28 May 2014 03:58:59 GMT

thanks DG, 250 bid retractions in 6 months is quite amazing,why does ebay permit such a high amount of retractions?.

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kopenhagen5 — Wed, 28 May 2014 09:01:55 GMT

That IS over the top.

Definitely report and if ebay see link between the accounts whether it's IP addresses or messages, they should fix their little red wagon.