topic Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report? in Selling

REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

theosmama13 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:32:01 GMT

As the title suggests I'm unsure on how to go about reporting a very obvious shill bidder/seller?

I've seen lots over the years but this one is so obvious it's not funny. The items are pre-loved kids/baby clothing so it's not simply a case of having muliples of the same item. All the items that finish at under $10-$15 have a max bid placed by one of two 'buyers'....one with 0 fb and one with 1 fb. Both "buyers" have 100% bid activity with this seller. In the 31 completed items one piece has apparently sold then been relisted six times, another one five times.

She has well over 1000 fb and I don't understand why she doesn't just list them at the minimum she'd like rather than starting at $1 and shilling?

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

*crikey*mate* — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:53:45 GMT

either go to the listing and there is a link to report the listing

or go to Customer Support up the top "contact us" tab => selling => report a member => call us/email/whatever

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

curraone — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 00:55:06 GMT

"If you think someone's breaking the rules, please report it to us. Be sure to provide the member's user ID and the item number"

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

theosmama13 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:02:19 GMT

Thankyou to both of you

Am reporting now.

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

pink-budgie — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:02:30 GMT

i dont understand how that would pay her to do that?? would'nt she end up having to pay a heap of fees on items she 'won' herself ??

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

pink-budgie — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 01:04:26 GMT

she must like making life hard so much easier to start the listings at what you want to sell at

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

theosmama13 — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 02:28:34 GMT

pink-budgie, that's what I don't understand either? She can't exactly lodge and NPB against herself, so she's paying fees each time. One item has been 'sold' and relisted 6 times. She must of paid out more fees than what she'd make if the item actually sold for what she wanted!

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

ajarnjenny — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 04:49:25 GMT

I think that she can probably send a request for cancellation to herself though, and get her fees back that way.

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

i-love-my-sheep — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:09:09 GMT

@ajarnjenny wrote:
I think that she can probably send a request for cancellation to herself though, and get her fees back that way.

Doesn't she risk a defect though? It seems the defect system is still quite defective and some people have complained about getting defects for cancelling orders......... ?

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

*crikey*mate* — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 10:15:20 GMT

and you have to wonder how many eBay will let you have before they go, "huh?"

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

ajarnjenny — Sun, 22 Jun 2014 21:45:53 GMT

I thought that you would not get a defect if the customer asked for a cancellation through the message system.

I have cancelled quite a few transactions and only one is showing as a defect. I probably put the wrong reason on the cancellation request.

Re: REALLY obvious shill bidding. How do I report?

i-love-my-sheep — Mon, 23 Jun 2014 08:59:14 GMT

I'm not sure there is any hard and fast rule at the moment. Some people seem to be getting defects for some things, others aren't. I think the defect system is still quite defective.