Who can stop these seller?

[stanleypackaging]

These seller is bidding by himself.

eBay never stop him!

Unfair!!!!

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[colic2bullsgirlore]

http://www.weeklygripe.co.uk/a696.asp

The term 'regulars' has gained notoriety over the years on all kinds of forums.

 That's where the bullies are easier to spot.

To an outsider or a lurker, it can be a bit intimidating submitting a post as a newbie.

Not knowing all the ins and outs and who knows who, it can be a bit daunting.

The TOS (terms of service) or forum rules usually only serve to favour the regulars and bullies if there is some flaming going on in a particular thread.

To give an example, I posted a complaint on the my3cents consumer site last April regarding issues that I had with my bank, Chase.

After lurking on some of the forums on this site I knew which regulars gave out sound advice and which ones were there just to flame new posters.

So in response to my post I got four comments, three of these were sanctimonious and opinionated.

I posted back somewhat sarcastically with "Thanks for the pontificating, dogmatic, sage, etc. advice!" which resulted in 'full mod status' being put on my user account.

This basically meant from then on my posts had to be reviewed by a panel of administrators before being published.

Anyway, being crippled by the powers that be, I could no longer fight back and watched as regulars were only civil to each other and downright nasty to newbies.

The unwritten rules were that the newcomers had to endure these nasty comments without reprisal.

The bullies knew how to get around the censorship and avoided talking with you, or PMing you if you hadn't been 'broken in yet'

keh???

[colic2bullsgirlore]

http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Selling/Fraudulent-Activity/600152085

http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Buying/Major-Current-Ebay/500157336

http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Selling/Buyer-Says-Item/500157247

http://community.ebay.com.au/topic/Buying/Seller-Wont-Refund/500157192

[koalablue12]

Colic - go to bed sweetie, you are over tired 😄

[***super_nova***]

Unpaid item disputes aren't the only way to not have to pay FVF on a sale - my guess is these transactions are finalised quite quickly at no cost to the seller, no strikes issued to the buyer, and a massive sales history on the listing.

Would these sales count for sales history once the FVF would be reversed?  Surely that wouod be something that would come up on eBay radar, when one ID is buying whole heaps of items and then the sales are being cancelled.

[digital*ghost]

Would these sales count for sales history once the FVF would be reversed?  Surely that wouod be something that would come up on eBay radar, when one ID is buying whole heaps of items and then the sales are being cancelled.

A cancelled sale is still reflected in the sales history, and Best Match is based on sales to impressions - a buyer clicks on the listing, if they then purchase = boost to ranking. Subsequently cancelling the sale doesn't void the statistics BM is based on....unless the programming is a lot more sophisticated and intricate than I give it credit for.

Of course, it's entirely possible that the buyer needed 2 x each item shown, then a week later needed another 8 of each, and as a newbie hasn't worked out that they can put 8 in the quantity box instead of buying one every couple of seconds (guess they have at least 20 computers needing new batteries, or are going on a long trip somewhere without electricity), but at the same time it's reasonable to at least suspect that not everything is above board.

Just to put a question out there in general... What eBay radar? i.e. What is there to monitor / pick up / act upon situations like this (even if that mentioned by the OP is kocher)?

There are some safeguards in place so certain things can't be done without going to some effort to circumvent those safeguards; they have bots that detect certain policy breaches on occasion, with many other listings containing the same breaches seemingly undetected; shill bidding is only acted upon if it's reported and - upon investigation - an undeniable link is found between two accounts...and so on. If eBay have a radar to pick up fraudulent or suspicious activity, it doesn't seem to be switched on very often and when it is, methinks it still only flashes like a very slow strobe light about to flicker out. :8}

[mens_choice_ladies_lingerie]

mate if i went around bidding on my own items i would be broke in a month.

I highly doubt a seller is paying sellers fees for the simple reason they want to out bid themself