I think I'm being shill bidded into oblivion

[Slammed90Lude]

So I'm bidding on this item:
Coal Stove

Yes, another coal stove. Regardless, I was dicking around tonight with the feedback. I looked at the bid history, and the guy who is CONSTANTLY bidding higher than me has the user ID hhfd52. I was looking at his feedback (His Feedback, and the last two feedbacks that were left for him are incidentally from the seller "zagulala" of the coal stove. Not only is the feedback from the seller, but it's those generic feedback comments that are usually left when a shill bidder accidentally wins the auction.


Am I being ridiculous? Or does it seem odd that this guy who matches every bid I post, already has two feedback comments from the seller?

I mean, what are the chances in the world that you buy a couple things from some one and just happen to be in the market for a coal stove, which that seller just happens to have for sale.

And just so you all don't think I'm a pyro, I'm actually buying this stove for a low income family in Philly that needs some heating help this winter.

 

[civicious]

Report that shit to Ebay.

 

[ripperbone]

i know a lot of people that have people bid higher on there auctions, just to bump it higher

 

[phunky.buddha]

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Report that shit to Ebay.

 

[Slammed90Lude]

I reported it. But, unless they run that guys IP and see that he lives down the street from the seller, I gurantee nothing happens.


It just pisses me off. I'm trying to help someone, and it's costing me WAY more than I hoped.

 

[civicious]

Don't bid on it again until the auction is almost over. As a rule, I NEVER bid on an auction until it's almost done, to keep shit like that from happening.

 

[phunky.buddha]

 

[90 accord]

just looked, and hhfd52 didn't leave the seller any feedback for either auction he "won"

 

[posol]

IMO, just bid what you are willing to pay for it.... who cares what another guy is doing, fake or not. you know what you want/are willing to spend.

and pick it up. shipping a stove is probably stupid expensive anyway

 

[92civicb18b1]

I think thats why he picked one from newton. If he's back in PA, it's not far at all.

 

[Slammed90Lude]

Yeah that's what I should have done. But I got impatient, and I sorted figured, who the fuck else would be interested in a broken coal stove besides my weird ass.

 

[TurboMirage]

when you go to pick up your stove, punch the seller in the face.

 

[92civicb18b1]

Tell him now...he might retract the bids. If he doesn't, wait until the end of the auction, get yourself a couple ebay names and rack the bids up to a 20 gs.

Let's see how he likes the final value fee on that.

 

[BigJ]

Yeah... I've never shill bidded anyone before..

But I'd suggest seriously doing what Brian above me said, contact him and see if he'll retract. If he doesn't rack up the price.

 

[Slammed90Lude]

But I'd suggest seriously doing what Brian above me said, contact him and see if he'll retract. If he doesn't rack up the price.

That's what I did. He answered this morning and said he'd have no problem cancelled the bid.

I go and check the auction, and I'm still the high bidder. Ummm, ok

I'll give him until tomorrow morning and then I'll just cancel it. Fuck that, there is a stove that I don't have to weld back together for the same price. Of course it's in massachusett's, but whatever.

 

[Slammed90Lude]

Originally posted by Ebay
Hello Corie Podschelne (corie.podschelne@villanova.edu),

The following is a courtesy notice from eBay Trust & Safety regarding:

Item Number - 6022167624
Item Title - Harman Mark I Wood/Coal Stove

Our records show that you bid on this listing. We have removed the listing from eBay because it violated eBay policy. You are not required to complete the transaction. The seller is free to relist the item in accordance with eBay's online policies. If the seller relists the item, you are free to bid on that item.

For more information on eBay policies please visit:

http://www.ebay.com/help/policies/hub.html

If you have additional questions, please use the "Contact Us" link found on eBay Help pages.

Regards,

Customer Support (Trust and Safety Department)
eBay Inc

Guess that means I was right.

I win

 

[Slammed90Lude]

And, the clincher:
http://feedback.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?...userid=zagulala


No Longer a Registered Member.



Sounds like this isn't the first time he was caught.

 

[amadeos_2002]

Hella yeah!

 

[BigJ]

Typically, Ebay does a good job at that stuff.

My bro put up some pr0n one time and within minutes it was bidded real high. Next day EBay shut it down and said you can't sell that here, yada yada, and the buyer that bidded last contacted my bro and paid like 18 dollars a movie...

I can't say 14 year old kids are hilarious or what.

 

[92civicb18b1]

You can sell porn on ebay...in the Mature section.

I used to stumble across porn all the time when I worked in NY. If I couldn't sell it locally it would go on ebay. It isn't easy selling gay porn and they pay top dollar on ebay, that and I wanted to get rid of it.