Shill Bidding

[crypt_keeper000]

I am bidding on this item at the moment (292825479835) and I have a nasty feeling someone is shill bidding, it might just be my imagination because over 10+ other bids I was bidding on (from China) the guy was blatantly doing just that, but I caught him out and reported him to Ebay.

So maybe I'm just imagining things with this one but I do find it strange that a person with absolutely "0" feedback is suddenly bidding on an expensive item, yet he has not one bid on anything else anywhere.

I am winning at the moment but if I see this guy again bidding on this item I am in two minds whether I should contact the seller and warn him if he is shill bidding he will be reported but also I really do not want to let this item go but I don't want to be overcharged for something I could have gotten cheaper.

Any advice is appreciated.

[imastawka]

Yep.   OP got sniped at .03 seconds to go by a once only bidder.

You would hope a lesson has been learnt there.

Sold at $820

[lyndal1838]

I would love to know what the winner was prepared to pay....obviously a lot!!

[cezm]

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@crypt_keeper000 wrote:

It might seem strange to you but that is how I bid, I have done it this way for 14 years in here and I have gotten heaps of bargins from doing it like that.

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I would hazard a guess that you may have got better bargains if you hadn't shown your hand

[padi*0409]

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@lyndal1838 wrote:

I would love to know what the winner was prepared to pay....obviously a lot!!

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Maybe not lyndal given they could tell to within $20 what the OP was going for after the other bidder had shown the bid history up to the OP's last bid.