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Seller is bidding himself ???????

cootawolf — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:28:51 GMT

5000W LF Pure Sine Wave Power Inverter DC 24V to AC 240V/LCD/Charger/UPS

No item no available This is a bidding item. It seems the seller is bidding himself to bring up the price. Is this Ebays policy ???

Thanks

Wolfgang

Re: Seller is bidding himself ???????

i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:35:05 GMT

Hi Wolfgang, can you post the item number of the listing? You can find that just above the description, in really small print, in the actual listing, on the right hand side.

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horizon1907 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:36:01 GMT

What is the item number. Do not use the seller ID.

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i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:43:12 GMT

Is it this seller? 281558241446 If so, all they have done is make their listing private. Occasionally it can mean the seller is using other accounts to increase the price of his auctions (shill bidding), but that's not always the case. Most genuine sellers will do it so the item doesn't show up in the buyers feedback. It common for sellers with sensitive listings, like lacy underwear or adult related products.

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zelly888 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:44:34 GMT

It's a private auction with 5-8 bidders so how can you tell if it's shill bidding??

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lyndal1838 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:44:52 GMT

There are several items with that title from the same seller.

What makes you think the seller is bidding on his own items?

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i-love-my-sheep — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:50:41 GMT

@zelly888 wrote:
It's a private auction with 5-8 bidders so how can you tell if it's shill bidding??

You can't. Read my post again. I wasn't suggesting that seller was shill bidding, I said occasionally, that's why some sellers will make their listings private.....alomg with the other reasons I gave.

Plenty of sellers make their listings private as a matter of course, because that's what they want to do, not because they are up to no good. Long term sellers might still make their listings private because that's what they've always done, back from the days where bidders names weren't made anonymous like they are now.

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horizon1907 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:59:59 GMT

@i-love-my-sheep wrote:
@zelly888 wrote:
It's a private auction with 5-8 bidders so how can you tell if it's shill bidding??
You can't. Read my post again. I wasn't suggesting that seller was shill bidding, I said occasionally, that's why some sellers will make their listings private.....alomg with the other reasons I gave.

Plenty of sellers make their listings private as a matter of course, because that's what they want to do, not because they are up to no good. Long term sellers might still make their listings private because that's what they've always done, back from the days where bidders names weren't made anonymous like they are now.

Why bother with it ?? To me it looks like just another dodgy Chinese seller anyway.

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thecatspjs — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:06:16 GMT

Taiwan.

Private listing for goods not usually sold using private listing.

Not the best seller performance (neutrals + negatives + revised feedback tally + post & handling DSRs in context of volume sold)

Join the dots ....

I sure as heck would not bid.

Re: Seller is bidding himself ???????

zelly888 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:04:03 GMT

Sorry sheep my post was meant for OP but I was talking to you as if I was actually near you and looking at you and saying to you well how can OP tell if it's shill bidding? lol

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horizon1907 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 12:15:30 GMT

Taiwanese / Chinese. same same but join the dots = dodgy.

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cq_tech — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 13:59:04 GMT

I think the respective governments of China and Taiwan might disagree with you that they are the same.

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4green2000 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 18:00:48 GMT

I really dont know what you people are on about.

This seller has over 1200 feedbacks and only 2 negs....

5 bids on this item and cause their from taiwan and make their listing private, their crooks???????????????

REALLY ????.....Get a grip..............

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cherry*135 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 06:48:22 GMT

Item numbers on listings are found at the top of the description box, far right.

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englishrosegardens — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 07:58:13 GMT

@4green2000 wrote:
I really dont know what you people are on about.
This seller has over 1200 feedbacks and only 2 negs....
5 bids on this item and cause their from taiwan and make their listing private, their crooks???????????????
REALLY ????.....Get a grip..............

Two of their three neutrals probably should have been negs, plus they've had 7 feedback revised, which may well have started out as negs. This is out of only 544 feedback in the last year, some of which may have been buying feedback. In fact, they've had less than 400 seller feedback in the last year, and just over a year ago they had two more negs.

I was trying to buy certain products a few weeks ago and most of the sellers were in China or similar countries. Quite a few had private listings, which meant that the items they sell don't appear on their feedback, which in turn meant that I had no idea which items the negs and neutrals referred to. In this sort of case I wonder what they've got to hide by making their listings private. Sometimes it's only one particular type of product that receives all the bad feedback but because I don't know what it's for I can't afford to risk buying from them.