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05-16-2019, 06:36 AM
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Ebay Shill bidding?
I know Shill bidding is more prevalent on eBay than we even realize. The bidding pattern on this auction is very strange. Some of the bids by the same buyer were placed 2 seconds apart. Is it possible to place a manual bid that fast?
https://www.ebay.com/itm/orig-INCRED...YAAOSwN5RcvlCf Last edited by sayheykid54; 05-16-2019 at 01:16 PM. 
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05-16-2019, 06:38 AM
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Yes. Ebay has a "quick bid" button usually.
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05-16-2019, 06:47 AM
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Funny you should ask about this particular seller though. I've bought from him quite a bit and noticed strange bidding patterns as well. He seems to list items once a week...and his items seems to get bids within minutes of being listed...consistently.
He does tend to get very rare items so not insinuating anything...just something I noticed. It's an unusual pattern because with 7 day auctions, what's the point of bidding in the first couple of minutes. I don't notice it in other auctions I watch.
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05-16-2019, 06:51 AM
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It's not possible for the same bidder to place a manual bid ONE second apart.
Last edited by sayheykid54; 05-26-2019 at 08:54 AM.
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05-16-2019, 07:12 AM
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Just a guess here but if one were to bid to become the highest bidder then add an even higher bid number after the fact, would that higher bid not show as incremental bids every time the next bidder bids trying to become the highest bidder?
It's like starting out a brand new .99c auction. If one really wants the card you can place a $50 or whatever bid but it only shows as one .99 cent bid. Another guy comes along and incrementally starts bidding beyond that .99 cent bid only to find out everytime he bids he has already been outbid by the initial bidder who place the $50 or whatever bid.
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05-16-2019, 08:17 AM
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Nothing implied...Except Mr e***a (563) needs to rethink his bidding strategy, because I haven't found one auction he won. Also, he has very diverse taste in collectibles. Lastly, he apparently gets an alert when this seller lists items.
         
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05-16-2019, 08:20 AM
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Other than that, any concerns?
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05-16-2019, 08:20 AM
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They show as incremental bids, but with accurate times. So If the top bid is 50, and I bid 10 they show the 10, but not each step between. If I go back a half hour later and bid 12 it shows the 12 and the half hour gap.
On a PC, it is possible to place multiple bids only a couple seconds apart manually. I managed to enter two inside the last 5-6 seconds one time. Still lost to a big snipe that came in at 3 seconds, with my bids at 5 and 2 seconds.
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