Re: any ideas?

chrisco62 · ‎27-05-2014

I placed a bid on some dvds that have been relisted and on checking the bids on the original listing the person that won is the same person that has bid on the relisted item. Any ideas why this would be?.

some999 · ‎27-05-2014

shill bidding - Phone & report it to ebay just in case!

kopenhagen5 · ‎27-05-2014

Or you can use the report link on the listing and ebay will have a look at it.

As said, possibly shill bidding. Which is when the lister has someone bidding up the price for them.

Could also be the seller didn't want to sell at a low price and is trying again. Against the rules of course.

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cq_tech · ‎27-05-2014

How can you possibly tell if it's the same person when the bidder's ID's are all masked?

chrisco62 · ‎27-05-2014

same mask!, its not rocket surgery.

cq_tech · ‎27-05-2014

But how do you know what the seller's masked ID would be?

chrisco62 · ‎27-05-2014

feedback scores are not masked, the chances of two bidders with same score and same letters in mask, bit like dna.

davewil1964 · ‎27-05-2014

Has happened. A couple of month's ago, actually.

cq_tech · ‎27-05-2014

With 140,000,000 registered ebay users worldwide, the chances are extremely high.

digital*ghost · ‎27-05-2014

@chrisco62 wrote:
feedback scores are not masked, the chances of two bidders with same score and same letters in mask, bit like dna.

Click on the bidder's 'mask' - it will show you a 30-day bidding history, including percentage of bids with that seller.