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M2RTY

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Registered: 25th May 01
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19th Jun 12 at 12:10

99p no reserve everytime

Never use reserves as it costs money and results in things not selling and puts people off

Never set a price for buy it now as you usually get more in the auction, or agree price outside of ebay

Sold 500 items on ebay in last 12 months, about 4 grand worth, and easy took another 4 grand outside of ebay

I hate ebay fees, and try to pay as damn little as possible

Im with ian really, although he should have a 2nd account set up for shill bidding lol

Brett

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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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19th Jun 12 at 12:46

I got banned for shill bidding

Can only do it once of twice with the same account before it's flagged.

Steve

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19th Jun 12 at 12:49

if you dont like ebay dont use it! if you are using because its easier for you to make money using it then not using it then you cant really complain tbh

3CorsaMeal

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19th Jun 12 at 13:08

quote:
Originally posted by Brett
I got banned for shill bidding Can only do it once of twice with the same account before it's flagged.

How did they find out?

I have got mates who bid on stuff, but i pay the ebay fee's and usually sell the stuff to a mate if he ends up winning.

I got some random bits at home that i've "accidently" won, but paid my mates for them and now own them so think thats ok.

Brett

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19th Jun 12 at 13:32

Dunno. You'd assume the main one was the same account bidding on stuff all the time. Maybe they linked the account using the same IP on my machine, as I didn't exactly make effort to cover my tracks. I did it for ages, but in the end I got a banned notification on both accounts.

stubs

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19th Jun 12 at 16:17

Now not that I agree with shill bidding, as it does spoil the chance to earn a bargain... it's 100% better than not selling for the auction price. At least with shill bidding, you might be outbid on the item and can move on to something else without being under the false impression you've bought an item.

M2RTY

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Registered: 25th May 01
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19th Jun 12 at 17:56

ebay not fussed on shill bidding if you pay fees, as they make more money from it

i dont like selling on ebay but theres no real alternative, ive tried

buying tho is ace

Brett

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19th Jun 12 at 18:04

quote:
Originally posted by M2RTY
ebay not fussed on shill bidding if you pay fees, as they make more money from it

Yes they are, like I said.

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html

M2RTY

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19th Jun 12 at 18:09

of cause they have it in text as it puts buyers at ease. I do it a lot for setting reserves, never had any come back yet.

Brett

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19th Jun 12 at 18:38

PMSL You're speaking to someone who's had two accounts banned for shill bidding here

jmepamplin

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Registered: 28th Dec 07
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22nd Jun 12 at 12:59

Anyone wondering how we got on with this seller?

quote:
The few hours before the bidding ended I thought I'd have a little play. This is how my conversation went.

I then got a message reminding me that they had 21 mins left.. just in case I wanted to bid more than £10,000 to win these. This guy was actually being serious it seems!

So I emailed him instead as it was quicker..

Damn, seems these are the real deal. I want these seats, but can I do anything to get him to sell them for less than 10k?

Damn. In the end the auction ended. I was going to phone him up and ask loads of stupid questions but didnt realise the bidding ended that night lol.