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09-06-2011, 03:40 PM #1
Price fixing on eBay?
I recently bid, and lost, on a card which sold for around $15. Several others ended up between $10 - $15. I figured the next one available could be had for about that same price. I was shocked to see the bidding jump from $9 to $40 in the last five minutes.
I know that shill bidding (bidding on one's own auction) is against eBay rules. I'm wondering if anyone has run into a situation where two, or more, large scale sellers have agreed to bid up the prices on each others items. For example: Seller A agrees to bump up bids on Seller B's items. In return, Seller B agrees to do the same for Seller A. This would not be shill bidding because they are not bidding on their own items.
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09-06-2011, 04:12 PM #2
i think what happened here is it was a bidding war if there were multiple bids in those last five minutes, and if it was just one bid, then the other guy had a high max bid and so did the other guy. but if the person who bid it up to $40 won it, its not shill bidding, if he bid it up and didnt win then maybe. its tough to tell
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