ebay practices (I was bidding on a lathe)

clutch · 2007-02-02T15:09:35+00:00

I've been noticing a lathe (metal content) that keeps getting relisted because no one bids on it. So I bid over the start at bid. They have it listed with 900.00 as a starting bid. Needless to say, I get a reserve not met response. I figured that since it was under the 'buy it now' amount. So I send a link to the item to my uncle who asks me when I changed my id to bidder1. I figured he didn't know what he was talking about since it clearly shows my ebay id when I look at it. Well, only I see my userid and only when I sign in. If I don't sign in I get this message when looking at bids on this item. "As the internet evolves, eBay continues to strike a balance between preserving transparency and protecting our Community of members. eBay has decided to change how bid history information is displayed so bad guys cannot target bidders with fake offers using this information. In certain cases, some bidders will no longer be able to view Bidder User IDs on the Bid History page. Your User ID will be shown only to you and the seller of the item you're bidding on. Other members will see an anonymous name, such as Bidder 1, applied consistently to the Bid History page" The other thing I noticed is that it was yanked out of my watch list. Usually items that I don't get or don't get sold are still there. I is gone like nothing ever happened. Have any of you run into this before? What does ebay think they are doing? This looks ripe for abuse. I don't care if you see what I'm bidding on. Wes S

Feb 02, 2007 22 Replies

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Ignoramus3585 19 years ago

That's not yet conclusive evidence for shilling.

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Larry Jaques 19 years ago

On Mon, 05 Feb 2007 11:01:44 -0600, with neither quill nor qualm, Ignoramus3585 quickly quoth:

True. I've done that (bidding on numerous of the same type item over a period of a couple weeks) , too, and I never won one since I was never willing to go above my budgeted amount for any given item. I probably looked like a shill to the other bidders (if any tracked it), but I abhor the practice of shill bidding.

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Mike Berger 19 years ago

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