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Hmmm... I don't like this whole bid retraction thing.... It also means that the seller could pull one over on the buyer if he has two extra throw-away Ebay accounts, and unless I check the bidding history I'd never know it... Scenario: 1. I bid on (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) A reason to always pay attention to your auctions, and look at the bidding history if the auction jumps a lot in the last moments. If I'm eagle eying an auction, I'll even capture the current bidders just before the last moment, and then (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Wow, that's totally nasty. Great example! Can that sort of thing happen on eBay as it is now, BTW? --Todd (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Yep. It's also grounds for closing your account if you get caught. (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) That's a pretty big if. Especially since someone proving it only means your eBay account getting yanked, as you haven't broken any prosecutable laws (that I can think of). Think of it this way: what if you got two friends to do the other deeds (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) So there are probably a lot of dishonest sellers out there doing this and not getting caught...? How does eBay "catch" someone? --Todd (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) Well, nowadays you need a credit card also, don't know exactly what they check, so I don't know if you can get more than one account without the friends credit card number. However, by doing this, you probably HAVE broken laws. I'm not sure (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) I doubt there's many people doing this. It's not impossible to catch someone. All bid retractions and cancelations are recorded in the bid history for the auction. A user's bid profile shows the number of bid retractions in the past 7 days, (...) (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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(...) According to the registration page at Ebay, you don't need a credit card, just an address: (URL) just created a throw-away account ; it only uses my email address for confirmation. Aren't those free email services grand? Chris (25 years ago, 23-Mar-00, to lugnet.market.theory)
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