Yes I did, then I went and bidded on another item and reported that too. I have heard nothing from ebay and I see she is still ripping people off. So I don't think Ebay has done anything.

Why would you bid, and then bid again, if you suspect shill bidding?

Because I thought Ebay may react faster if I was bidder and reported, also I like the print and I only bidded $5.00.

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So, not to get off track here - has anyone reported the seller from the original post to ebay?

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I reported all the listings that had bids on them and also sent a lengthy message to eBay this morning.....as a 'concerned buyer'. All the listings I reported a still there. I have just reported another couple that gained bids over night (from either 48 FB or 4 FB or both)

 

 

 

I too have been using the search by bidder in advanced search up until earlier this week, so definitely only a recent thing.

 

 

48 FB bidder has made another 200 bids since the original message was posted. Now up to 1656. and 4 FB bidder has increased their tally by 100, now up to 2380 on 30 days. If eBay ignore all the messages and reported listings, then you can safely say that this seller is one of the 'protected ones'

The seller has used her alternate ID (which is g***i (48)) to bid up the price in every current auction of hers which has 2 or more bids.

In many cases, the other shill bidder (b***0 (4)) has also helped to increase the price on her current auctions.

In those auctions where the bidders IDs are private, it's pretty safe to assume that either of both of these users have also shill bid, given that in every case there has been a single high bid of at least $100, and in some cases, considerably more.

What I'd really like to know is why haven't eBay acted yet? The longer eBay waits, the more complicit they appear.

I got a reply from the report I sent and hopefully it's not just the usual generic drivel. I removed the usernames so the mods didn't jump on me, but it was the seller in question and also the one of the same name with the added numbers on the end. I did also mention about the 4 FB bidder and the 7 FB bidder.

Hi Jane,

Thank you for contacting eBay and reporting XXXXXX and XXXXXX.

Jane, I can assure you that we are investigating on XXXXXX and XXXXXXXX's account and appropriate actions will be taken if ever we find any violations.  We are also investigating further on their feedback scores and listings as of the moment. We are extremely concerned about members who take away the integrity of a fair trade.

As soon  as these sanctions accumulate on their account, then our actions will progress and in some cases this means that the member may be allowed to continue to use eBay, but on a limited and closely monitored basis.

In order to protect members’ privacy, we can’t discuss the results of our investigation or any action we took. This will assure you that we’ll also keep your account information private.

We're glad that you communicated with us and brought this matter to our attention.

Thank you for choosing eBay and always keep safe.

Warm regards,

Ryza O.

eBay Customer Support

 

It will be interesting to see whether item number 181471862397 gets relisted in 4 days because the only legitimate bidder only bid 77c and the item sold for $US285.

 

I'm wondering given that she's in Victoria, how she could post this item via USPS priority mail. Am I missing something? I thought the item would have to originate in the US to be able to be posted via USPS?

 

One other thing, just to make my already too long post even longer, if bids are withdrawn, does that show up for all to see on the bid page, or can only the seller see those?

Ones with higher number of bids (about 17) Start at 1c, next bid low e.g..77c, then *4 & *48 jump it to $150, then all the way up to nearly $300.

 

When you own an  'original' painting, you own the only original.  Any more are prints or copies. Whereas this seller has several paintings of the samepicture being called 'originals'

 

They appear to all have been painted recently in a workshop in Nepal, imo.

Yes, definitely something fishy going on.  I see they have a facebook page.  Anyone interested in making a comment on their facebook wall?

It is an automated response from ebay, I have gotten the exact same wording from them about something else.