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Been bidding on a pair of brakes [url= http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Hope-Tech-X2-Brakeset-Hydraulic-Disc-DH-FR-XC-DJ-4X-MTB-/230482927893?cmd=ViewItem&pt=UK_sportsleisure_cycling_bikeparts_SR&hash=item35a9da6115 ]Here[/url] it seems every item he's sold has been bid up by the same user [url= http://myworld.ebay.co.uk/scouttingforparts ]Here[/url]
Then I check out the feedback & its a bit obvious!
If you click the pics on the Ebay item it takes you to the site of a guy who was up to no good on Bike radar.
The two ebay id's belong to the same person, that is why! 😆
[EDIT] he was up to no good on here and SDH too, also with a couple of different logins here at least.
The eBay username sounds very familiar and not in a good way...try searching on this forum. Doesn't look positive from what I've found 🙁
Looks wierd- like shillbidding to me.
Feedback 'number' matches on the bid list and on the other bidder.
A guy with the same handle sells quite a bit of stuff on here, and also posts the occasional sob story.
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/help-get-my-mate-a-new-bike-how-to-get-funds
Items bid on 45....
[i]Bid activity (%) with this seller: 98%[/i]
I guess it depends is he bidding his items so they are the most expensive on ebay, if so don't bid or is he bidding to around his reserve and letting others break the reserve, if so I'd prob bid.
Bascally are you still getting a fair deal for the product.
so has anyone reported him for shilbidding to ebay?
Looks like he has won his own items so he can leave himself good feedback. There are so many threads about him and scouttingforparts all over MTB forums.
I'd stick well clear.
Oh and I contacted eBay a while back about buying his own items and feedback left for himself.
Oh - & stop bidding on things, you'll only encourage the hard of thinking to bid against you
Bid once
Bid your maximum + a few pence
Bid very late [within the last 20 seconds]
Oh and I contacted eBay a while back about buying his own items and feedback left for himself.
blimey. I thought organised shill bidding and feedback on in ebay becasue it was just too big to police unless someone told them about it. Perhaps they just can't be bothered even when someone [i]does[/i], just as long as the listing and final value fees are paid 🙁 .
exactly it's all cash to ebay.
If you examine the stats within each bidder on an auction it can help (for me, if its say a car and one person has bid on two different items with the same bidder I walk..)
Yeah, remember seeing this guy crop up on the SDH forums a while back.
Would have thought he'd have at least changed username by now.
so has anyone reported him for shilbidding to ebay?
Yes twice