Do you report shill bidding

Denimlover · #1 (**permalink**) 08-30-2011, 12:27 PM

or people you suspect of shill bidding?

MY friend as looking at these R&R jeans. She as outbid, and received a nd chance offer on the item the very next day. She asked me if it as okay to accept it. So I looked at the bidder list & out of curiosity looked at the highest bidders info. As it turns out, the highest bidder, only bid on items from that 1 seller. 157 items to be exact.
So I told my friend not to accept the offer because it as shady (the seller relisted the jeans quite a few times & everytime they had bids). Low & behold the jeans are relisted again (now I'm not saying they don't have more than 1 pair in this size...).
The new listing ends in less than 24 hours. And of course the highest bidder (not the same as the previous auction) is only bidding on items from the seller. 154 items.
Both high bidders have 190ish feedbacks.
Should my friend report them, or could it be a coincidence?
The seller is mybiz4u516

**fancy**pants** · #2 (**permalink**) 08-30-2011, 12:55 PM

That Seller name sounds familiar. I would report.

treasurehoard · #3 (**permalink**) 08-30-2011, 01:06 PM

well hard to say, they could be shilling or that person could just be a reseller buying up the other sellers items ... and it looks like the seller has TONS of R&R so they could very well have multiples of the same size, plus with pieces going for less than $20

it would not surprise me if someone would buy those to flip, cause I would do the same thing.

I don't think it is shilling in this case.

lilcram · #4 (**permalink**) 08-30-2011, 02:50 PM

They had a pair of NWT R&R sell for $5 and change. Even with $15 shipping i don't get it.