Thread: The Wall Of Shame

Ebay doesn't care about shill bidding. I had a bid on a Jnat from a russian seller and was below the winning bid. While sitting eating lunch I got an email that I won the auction, surprised I looked and saw that the leading bidder was cancelled. I started following the guys auctions and you could immediately see the pattern, 2 bidders running the bids and then being cancelled a minute or so before the auction ended. I called Ebay and they said it's difficult to prove, we are investigating, dont pay. Few days later I get an email saying, you didnt pay for your item. When I called I was told I won the item and should pay for it otherwise I would be violating the rules
I eventually wrote a bad review and the guy returned my money.

Originally Posted by alex1921

Ebay doesn't care about shill bidding. I had a bid on a Jnat from a russian seller and was below the winning bid. While sitting eating lunch I got an email that I won the auction, surprised I looked and saw that the leading bidder was cancelled. I started following the guys auctions and you could immediately see the pattern, 2 bidders running the bids and then being cancelled a minute or so before the auction ended. I called Ebay and they said it's difficult to prove, we are investigating, dont pay. Few days later I get an email saying, you didnt pay for your item. When I called I was told I won the item and should pay for it otherwise I would be violating the rules
I eventually wrote a bad review and the guy returned my money.

I doubt they care, they are apart of a big business. If enough people complain then maybe something will be done about it.
I can guarantee you doing nothing will not improve things though.

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Originally Posted by kcb5150

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Maybe it is because I'm on my phone, but whenever I try to look at an item's bid history it only shows the most recent and I can't open bidder info like in the link you posted.

Not sure why

Yeah, that one Jnat seller is the worst, and ebay does nothing.. It is so blatant it's like a drug dealer just set up a flea market table with drugs in front of a police station and the cops are just walking by not noticing...

Originally Posted by kcb5150

Yeah, that one Jnat seller is the worst, and ebay does nothing.. It is so blatant it's like a drug dealer just set up a flea market table with drugs in front of a police station and the cops are just walking by not noticing...

The problem is: there are no cops in this scenario - only the "market management" getting percentage of the scam itself

Originally Posted by dimab

The problem is: there are no cops in this scenario - only the "market management" getting percentage of the scam itself

Except they do have them ... There is something branded a trust and safety team at ebay

https://ocsnext.ebay.com/ocs/cusr?from_ocs=1&query=3133

Gives you the option to have them call you in a few minutes and report a seller if you don't want to just report a single auction.

I prefer the option of never bidding on his stuff again.. Let him eat his razors to survive