tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 8m 9d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 08/07/07 11:01 PM Share Posted 08/07/07 11:01 PM Subtle as a sledge hammer! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 11d Gender: Male Posted 24/07/07 07:57 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 07:57 AM anyone else think this seems dodgy??bids placed straight after mine, then nothing till now?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/07/07 08:11 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 08:11 AM go through the sellers other items and feedback and see if that name pops up...i bet its a second account held by the seller to push prices up...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dagabond Bored Member Administrator 35,722 Member For: 22y 1m 20d Gender: Male Location: Dé·jà vu Posted 24/07/07 08:14 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 08:14 AM Could just means they could have it marked as watched and are alerted when theres a new bid.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCRIBR Yaris member Member 4,486 Member For: 18y 6m 12d Gender: Male Posted 24/07/07 08:32 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 08:32 AM that is auto phantom bidding.. if an item is 5 bucks and u set your max bid as 100.. and somebody else bids 50.. straight away ebay will bid 50.50 for unothing sus about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 11d Gender: Male Posted 24/07/07 09:09 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 09:09 AM im talking about all the weird bids by the other person, not me..getting me to raise my bid..looked throught the history and couldn't find anything, but they aren't exactly a major user. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ralph Wiggum Moar Powar Babeh Lifetime Members 19,323 Member For: 19y 3m 10d Gender: Male Location: Perth Posted 24/07/07 10:50 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 10:50 AM I almost been caught a couple of times where items have been pushed up to my max bid and then over, i have then gone throught the seller's history and seen that the same bidder always pushes the bids up and never wins the auction and on the occasions that they did win the item has been relisted due to non payment...dont need to study astrophysics to work out what going to there....its just something to be mindful of when usins ebay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZAP No boost, no bottle, just my foot on the throttle! Lifetime Members 7,935 Member For: 20y 10m 20d Gender: Male Location: Sydney Posted 24/07/07 11:04 AM Share Posted 24/07/07 11:04 AM Guys it's called Shill bidding and eBay will kick their butts and kick them off eBay.They can check IP addresses and determin if there is a pattern. I would report anyone that is suspect, but I do not think the issue raised looks sus.I am sure that everyone has bumped up a price of something they are selling by getting a friend or relative to bid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XR06T Silver Donating Members 4,146 Member For: 19y 6m 11d Gender: Male Posted 25/07/07 12:53 AM Share Posted 25/07/07 12:53 AM cheers for the reply's luke and everyone.. guess its only 75c, just looked a bit sus to have a max 50c more than my bid.thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Falchoon I see red Member 5,758 Member For: 22y 17d Location: nowhere in particular Posted 29/07/07 02:06 AM Share Posted 29/07/07 02:06 AM http://cgi.ebay.com.au/2005-FPV-F6-Typhoon...1QQcmdZViewItemCheap F6 anyone? I've sent the seller a couple of emails (both through eBay and direct to his Yahoo addy) asking for more info but so far no reply. Doesn't look at this stage to be your typical overseas scam but it doesn't seem to be above board either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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