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Tactics of Questionable Ebay Sellers

I have a question for the knowledgeable members here at the forum in regards to seller tactics on Ebay. A seller will list a questionable item for a number of days. The bids come in( even reach a high figure) then have the item removed or end the listing, only to see that item listed again..Are they trolling or fishing for a buyer to take the bait and deal outside of ebay?

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Permalink Reply by terrier8HOF on January 21, 2018 at 8:09am

if the item is "questionable", it is likely shill bidding. Happens all the time.

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Permalink Reply by RC on January 21, 2018 at 9:58am

Thanks for the response back, looking back over the years bidding on a few item and I’m sure I’m not alone..How Ebay would allow a lot of these people to keep posting items over and over and not get caught. It shows, you always have to be on your game to bid on items and look deeper into the sellers history. But now we all have a community here that you can verify autographs or items to get opinions, second and third looks.

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Permalink Reply by CJCollector on January 21, 2018 at 10:00am

RC, below is a thread I posted on Ebay and shill bidding.

https://live.autographmagazine.com/profiles/blogs/does-ebay-now-per...

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Permalink Reply by RC on January 21, 2018 at 10:15am

Damn!!!!

Excellent article Christopher, definitely a must read for EBay members and newbies about the history and ongoings behind and in depth explained clearly..Thanks again for that post Christopher..