on โ20-04-2015 04:41 AM
Hi
I have some records listed at the moment and have had some suspicious bidding.
I have had one person go through my listings and make bids and retract them and then rebid at a lower amount (about 30 listings).
I can't see why someone would do this and it has caused one of my regular customers to owe several hundred dollars as it seems that this person has only targeted auctions where my regular customer has bid on.
What it looks like to me is, this person has gone through and put in bids to probe the top bids of others and then retract and then bid an amount that is under the top bid to boost the price, but I don't see how it benefits anyone. It makes me look like I am using a shill.
Should I report this activity to eBay?
As it stands I am going to cancel all the bids by this buyer.
Regards
Matt
on โ20-04-2015 09:02 PM
Nothing new to me I can tell you. It's becoming the norm to find other bidders on auctions I'm interested in with 138 or so bid retractions. Just a joke.
on โ20-04-2015 09:04 PM
on โ21-04-2015 04:49 AM
Yep, it's bizzare.
And I haven't heard back from the guy who's bids I cancelled.
I did upset a guy in Itay, who had implied that I was overcharching for postage, but these bids came from an account in the US
Anyway thanks to everyone for the advice and insight, very much appreciated.
on โ21-04-2015 05:20 AM
@padi*0409 wrote:Errrr, both wrong, the OP cancelled all the serial retractors bids so I presume that's why it's now 0%..............
"awards self a
Wagon Wheel. Bourbon...............hahahaha"
CQ and penny, you may post your abject apologies for your misunderstanding anytime you like.......
"hides behind something very large and dangerous..........like a feral cat..........."
on โ21-04-2015 07:35 AM
@reganmatt11 wrote:Yep, took over an hour to do, but I cancelled all the bids and blocked the buyer.
I have never encountered this person before. Strange thing was, it was only on items that one ligitimate buyer was the top bidder.
Very strange business indeed.
there's the hint as to why. it is a 'enemy' of your one top bidder, someone who is trying to make HIM pay more for everything he buys.
(well thats my theory)
on โ21-04-2015 07:46 AM
Sounds feasible Putney.
Contact the bidder and ask if they have had any previous problems with this person.
They may be prepared to assist you in having them banned from ebay altogether.
on โ22-04-2015 10:35 AM
@padi*0409 wrote:
CQ and penny, you may post your abject apologies for your misunderstanding anytime you like.......
"hides behind something very large and dangerous..........like a feral cat..........."
No worries, Padi (raises a glass of GD 12 in your general direction by way of apology). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
on โ22-04-2015 11:05 AM
on โ22-04-2015 12:16 PM
@cq_tech wrote:
No worries, Padi (raises a glass of GD 12 in your general direction by way of apology). >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Haha, bet I've got more GD 12 left than you have now...............>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
on โ23-04-2015 12:39 AM