Rob E
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I'm currently trying to buy another supercharger for my car. I found one on eBay some guy was selling and did the usual routine of checking the sellers feedback etc. I noticed he had sold an "identical" supercharger last week for £143....The guy who won the auction for £143 was also the winning bidder for a battered Rover 214 and a stainless Golf GTI exhaust system and had left positive feedback for all three items.  So, alarm bells ringing I decided to email the seller of the supercharger making an offer outside of eBay and the conversation unravelled like this....
Me:
Hello,
Would you take £150 + postage for the supercharger?
Regards,
Robert Evans
Sellers Reply
hi, afraid the lowest I can go is 200 plus the postage.
thanks.
My Reply
£160 plus postage is the highest I can afford to go. Would you accept that? That's more than their average selling rate at the moment as I'm sure you are well aware. I was watching the one you sold on the 3rd Oct but was unable to get online when the auction was ending.
Thanks
Sellers Reply
hi, afraid not. I sold the last one for 250 outside of that previous auction. this ones got over 100 watchers.
sorry.
Alarm bells really ringing now so I did some digging and mentioned:
Oh,
Your feedback suggests it sold for £143 with positive feedback though?
To which he replied.....
yeah, a chap messaged me and offered the 250 so someone I knew won the auction at the lower rate just to jeep eBay happy.
 This has pissed me off now as I am currently the highest bidder on the item but I can tell if it sells for under £200 he is going to say "Sorry its sold before the end of auction"
This kinda shit really pisses me off with eBay and a shifty way for people to get around paying extra for a reserve price to be put on their auctions!
Rant over
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Russ
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If it makes you feel better, he will have to pay fees
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Rob E
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True, but its kind of defeating to object of an auction site when there is other alternative selling outlets avaliable
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Ian
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So there are multiple superchargers? Or his mate bid it up and ended up winning it?
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Rob E
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I think he has fed me a load of bullshit where really the supercharger I am currently bidding on it the same one that "sold" on the 3rd Oct. The pictures are identical, same description etc
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A2H GO
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It will be the same one, he will have bid on it himself on another account, ended up winning it, left himself good feedback and then canceled the transaction, accepted on the other account to get his fees back.
Wouldn't be surprised if that same ID comes up towards the end of the current auction to try and knock it up a bit before it finishes.
[Edited on 14-10-2012 by A2H GO]
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Rob E
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I guess thats what has gone on, but this other account has over 50 positive feedback so is definately his mate.
I'm going to leave my highest bid in and then if I get outbid then so be it but if I dont and I get some bullshit about it being sold outside of eBay then can I report it or complain? From eBays general feedback on these matters I think its pretty pointless though 
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Generation
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Yup, it's called "shill bidding"
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Ian
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Message him back and tell him its £125 now.
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Rob E
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Came back from work to a notification from eBay - Auction ended 18 hours early. Twat!
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Anty
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report him.
what cars is it for bud?
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Rob E
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I'm just trying to it but the eBay community part of their website seems to be down
Its to replace the current one on my MX5. It uses the Mini Cooper S supercharger with some slight modification. The one I have now has been on 18 months. I dont know how much use it had before I installed it but I seem to have killed it  (horrible death rattle!)
All documented here if you fancy a read 
http://www.corsasport.co.uk/board/viewthread.php?tid=592151
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Haimsey
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Registered: 8th May 05
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How annoying.
I was watching something today and had to try and out bid someone with ZERO feedback who amazingly bid on everything he had. Cunts.
Marcy Marc 
White Sport Progress Thread
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JaffaTB
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I always do it on my items that I want to get a good price on lol
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Ste
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mine sold last week for £235 and went to finland. No shenanegans, just started at a pound and let it go.
I would rather lose by a mile because i built my own car, than win by an inch because someone else built it for me.
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Anty
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i sell @ b.i.n price, cheaper n easyer for me
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SimonTW
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So you dont mind him bending ebays rules to sell the item early outside of ebay, which is circumventing ebay fees but if he bends them in his favour to get more money for his item (shill bidding) you will report his. Ebay is open to abuse and corrupt selling and buying, you just need to try play it in your favour. If you win at the price you want, great, but if you win and he wont sell just try your luck next time he lists and leave him negative feedback.
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Rob E
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I get where you are coming from but when I made the initial enquiry there were no bids on the item.
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