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Originally Posted by sdkammeyer
My apologies ... if this comment was directed towards me
I simply meant that since it has been mentioned in this thread that the seller has 2,000 auctions going right now, in my opinion, that's no excuse for said seller to say "oh i have too much going on to notice those things"
Again, my apologies if I came across the wrong way, or if you took it the wrong way. It seems that we agree on my points.
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No Steve, absolutely no offense taken, and I don't think you were the only one to mention it. It wasn't directed at you in particular.
I do think, if the seller knows of a consignor who is shilling his auctions, he should be able to sniff that out, no matter how big they are. If it takes somebody else bringing up their suspicions with them, they should do their due diligence and follow up on that.
I do know from experience that every oddball bid or bidder doesn't always make a shill. Bidders are strange sometimes, and to pretend to predict how they all act, based on your own bidding history, is not quite in touch with the reality, much of the time.
There's things Ebay can do to make bidders more comfortable in their experience, that they refuse to put into practice. I'd like Ebay to limit the number of bid retractions one is able to place. Maybe one or two every couple months for legitimate mistakes. Serial bid retracting hurts both bidders AND legitimate sellers. If somebody has a lot of retractions they are either shilling auctions, or interfering with auctions of other sellers for their own amusement or curiosity. Unfortunately Ebay thinks every bidder is a good bidder and good for their bottom line, no matter how much chaos they create.
02-06-2013, 05:05 PM
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