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a group of ppl with names for example a***o are placing over 100 bids on what seems like whatever they can get there hands on its absurd and an abuse of ebay

example number 1
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vi ... egory=4696

So...he's bidding against himself?

What an arse. Is he just being a plane bag of garbage or is he actually trying to raise the prices so high that he wins the lots?

Looks like he/she's just trying to figure out what the reserve is.

There's like a few of them:

o***m (147)
h***s (377)
o***d (105)
t***i (66)

yeh about 10 diff ones i just lost a lot no one else bid on cuz they raped the bid up a couple of hundred

is he doing this with a lot of tf's?

prowlstreak wrote:yeh about 10 diff ones i just lost a lot no one else bid on cuz they raped the bid up a couple of hundred

I have a theory about underground ebay rings run by some people you would never want to see in an alley. They bid up items to raise market prices. I have never been able to confirm it- just a theory.

yeah, my thought too...just trying to figure out the reserve.

megatron7 wrote:is he doing this with a lot of tf's?

Check out his bid history.

Could be one of those people who have multiple accounts, and if the prices on items they are selling from one account are not high enough, they bid with one of their other accounts to "win" the bid.

Then they re-list the item and try again.

Suspicious at the very least.

Have you reported to Ebay? You should. They could check the user IPs, never konw they could all be the same.

i_amtrunks wrote:Could be one of those people who have multiple accounts, and if the prices on items they are selling from one account are not high enough, they bid with one of their other accounts to "win" the bid.

Then they re-list the item and try again.

Why would he do that if he already has a reserve? If no one reaches his reserve price, there would be no sale, and he could re-list the item anyway, right?

all there items seem very mysterious they bid like crazy and a random guy i forgot his name gets the last bid in and wins i just saw 10 lots on his history all with the same wierd names then him coming in the end and winning...strange stuff

These strange bidders' feedback scores aren't clickable, that's very strange. Very annoying indeed.

Looks like they wanted to up the price but not start it that high because Ebay charges more the higher the starting price.

What they are doing is pretty easy to do automatically... they use sniping software that only bids the increments. When one account gets outbid, the other account automatically bids the next increment higher until it reaches the set maximum bid.

I really think they are only trying to get passed the listing fees as that is the only reason that makes sense to me.

Ok, you are all gonna feel really dumb when UI point this out.

There isno underground ebay ring and no bots spamming bids and noone testing the reserve price.

Actually, ebay changed their policy on how bid history is displayed. The only people who can see who is bidding is the bidder and the seller. All other names will appear as anonymous. Thus Bonger would appear as B***R.

Here is what ebay says right at the top of the bid history page:

"eBay has changed how bid history information is displayed for higher-priced items. To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and protect our members from fraudulent emails, only you and the seller of the item can view your User ID in bid history. Other member will see anonymous names."

Bonger FTW bitches!!

Bonger wrote:Ok, you are all gonna feel really dumb when UI point this out.

There isno underground ebay ring and no bots spamming bids and noone testing the reserve price.

Actually, ebay changed their policy on how bid history is displayed. The only people who can see who is bidding is the bidder and the seller. All other names will appear as anonymous. Thus Bonger would appear as B***R.

Here is what ebay says right at the top of the bid history page:

"eBay has changed how bid history information is displayed for higher-priced items. To help keep the eBay community safe, enhance bidder privacy, and protect our members from fraudulent emails, only you and the seller of the item can view your User ID in bid history. Other member will see anonymous names."

Bonger FTW bitches!!

Yeah they changed the anonymous scheme again...pretty funny. Figured it out later as well- after I posted . I still like my ebay ring theory- I bet one exists

i_amtrunks wrote:Could be one of those people who have multiple accounts, and if the prices on items they are selling from one account are not high enough, they bid with one of their other accounts to "win" the bid.

Then they re-list the item and try again.

Bonger already explained what's going on but what you theorized isn't allowed. eBay keeps a pretty sharp eye on schill bidding. For what you said to work out you'd have to be able to bid with a unique ID that also does not have an IP address that is associated with the ID that listed the item. A guy I work with got banned for a week for trying to schill bid one of his items while he was at work. The problem is he had already accessed his eBay account from work and eBay caught him. Was that convoluted enough for everybody?

Anyways, is Shockwave really worth $220+?

P.S. I hate people who list items with a reserve price. It's stupid and I won't even pay attention to an item that has one.

Bonger wrote:Ok, Bonger FTW bitches!!

Who can argue? When you're right, you're right.

Counterpunch wrote:

Bonger wrote:Ok, Bonger FTW bitches!!

Who can argue? When you're right, you're right.

And it feels soo goood.

Counterpunch wrote:

Bonger wrote:Ok, Bonger FTW bitches!!

Who can argue? When you're right, you're right.

And it feels soo goood.

wow the bidder seems to be just one person only...

btw guys im not sure if it's me or you experience it too but im lately experiencing downtime on seibertron.com like it cant be displayed... does this happen to anyone lately as well or it's just me?

softimus_prime wrote::shock: wow the bidder seems to be just one person only...

btw guys im not sure if it's me or you experience it too but im lately experiencing downtime on seibertron.com like it cant be displayed... does this happen to anyone lately as ell or it's just me?

downtime affects everyone..