By: don-lucky

don-lucky — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:38:45 +0000

…I always suspected that there are people who set up additional accounts, and bid on their own items just to drive up the selling price. There really should be a means of policing this sort of thing. On more than one occasion I have seen this happen, and even had people outbid me and win their own items, only to contact me with second chance offers within a day (or less) of the auction ending ! (More often than not, I have told them where to “stick it” !)
Perhaps ebay / Paypal would be wise to start holding the transfer of funds in trust until the item is received and signed off by the buyer… If the buyer “forgets” to sign-off (or file a claim) within a certain period of time the funds would be transferred automatically to the seller. This process would protect both parties, and certainly speed up the shipping process…
It would also be nice if all e-bay users had to provide a minimum security deposit to open an e-bay account. This would help prevent someone from opening multiple accounts for the purpose of insider bidding etc… Just a thought anyway.

By: Jason Sweet

Jason Sweet — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 14:08:36 +0000

I also noticed the German/Brazil “discrepancy”. What I also noticed is that is past auctions are limited to a small pool of buyers. I know someone who would set up false accounts and then bid on his own auctions to drive up the price. I don’t have any proof that this or something similar was done here, but it doesn’t look good when considered with everything else.

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