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It's not cold feet, it's bid shielding
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lugnet.market.auction
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Mon, 2 Oct 2000 16:20:48 GMT
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Rick,
That wasn't cold feet, that was 'bid shielding'. It's where a perp uses two
really high bids to protect an auction, then deletes one right before the end
of the auction. I reported the auction to safeharbor@ebay.com when I read this
thread last night. This morning I got a note from safeharbor saying the users
were suspended (check the bid history).
If you want to know more about unallowed bidding on eBay go here:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/community/investigates.html
Personally, I have found that safeharbor does a good job dealing with reported
offences. It took them less than 12 hours to respond to this one.
Some clues that something is amiss:
1) The $800 max bid mentioned in this thread is extreme, even for a MISB
shuttle.
2) The error bid being just $10 over that max is odd.
3) The bid was canelled just minutes before the end of auction.
4) The cancelled bidder didn't re-enter a corrected $310 bid.
5) The canceled user had signed up with eBay on Sept 25, just after the
auction began.
6) The canceled user began with a ID name very similar to the winning bidder &
changed it the same day.
7) The winning bidder has 1 feedback with 3 bid cancelations on other auctions.
This kind of activity hurts us all. It takes just a minute to look a bit
further & you can use the "mail this auction to a friend" link on the auction
page to send any suspicious auctions to safeharbor@ebay.com. They can't do
anything unless we let them know. And at least when I've contacted them, their
response has been positive.
I am available via the board or email if anyone has further questions,
Clark
In lugnet.market.auction, Richard F. Vendl II writes:
> In lugnet.market.auction, Mike Walsh writes:
> >
> > "Deadmaker" <Deadmaker7@aol.com> wrote in message
> > Here is another one:
> >
> > http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=448460395
> >
> > I like this set, but not this much!
> >
> > Mike - mike_walsh@mindspring.com
>
> Looks like this guy got cold feet, however claims he entered the wrong amount,
> although it still did prove that new top bidder's maximum bid was $800.00, • wow!
>
> http://cgi6.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=448460395
>
> Rick
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 | | Re: It's not cold feet, it's bid shielding
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| Hey all I wrote to Armin (Diablo). My e-mail to him follows and his answer to me is after that. (yes I got his permission to post it to LUGnet) (Mine) Diablo I was going to bid on this until I saw it at $810. I do not know what you can do, but IMHO, (...) (24 years ago, 3-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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| | Re: Talk About Inflation!!!
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| (...) Looks like this guy got cold feet, however claims he entered the wrong amount, although it still did prove that new top bidder's maximum bid was $800.00, wow! (URL) (24 years ago, 1-Oct-00, to lugnet.market.auction)
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