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Re: shills on eBay
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Thu, 11 Feb 1999 05:58:53 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, galliard@shades-of-night.com (James Brown)
writes:
> Christopher Good writes:
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> > > I guess the question there (eBay) is -- if you bid on your own thing on
> > > eBay, does it show up as a bid from you, the seller?
> >
> > Yes it does. I was researching a seller's previous items sold and
> > noticed once that the seller was also the high bidder on an item. I
> > questioned the seller and his reply was that a friend without Internet
> > access wanted the item so he placed the bid for him. Excuses...
> > excuses...
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> Don't jump to conclusions... I would be inclined to give the seller the benefit
> of the doubt.
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> As a case in point, easily 1/3 of the items I bid on in Auczilla VIII were for
> 'off-line' friends, and that jumped to about 1/2 of my bids for Auczilla IX.
How is that a case in point? You didn't sell anything in AucZILLA VIII --
I did.
(And I've never shilled, and never will.)
--Todd
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> I would also suspect that I am not the only person here who knows some
> 'off-line' Lego maniacs, and occasionally bids/buys something for them...
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> James
> http://www.shades-of-night.com/lego/
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| (...) benefit (...) The point I was illustrating (not clear enough, sorry) was not to assume the guy was lying about his off-line friend. James (URL) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| I am not sure I'd call it a "shill" but I think it's reasonable, if you decide to run a joint RTL/eBay auction, to set up another id, post feedback stating that it is a proxy for the high RTL bidder and that you'll tell who if emailed (tough to do (...) (26 years ago, 15-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Don't jump to conclusions... I would be inclined to give the seller the benefit of the doubt. As a case in point, easily 1/3 of the items I bid on in Auczilla VIII were for 'off-line' friends, and that jumped to about 1/2 of my bids for (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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