I read an article that said ebay doesn't make any real effort to stop shill bidding because ebay makes more money from higher final value fees. I turned someone in to ebay that I strongly suspected of shill bidding to test this theory.
The seller in question sells one of a kind art. I became suspicious when I began noticing this seller(A) would re-list the same (one of a kind) art pieces more than once. I kept track of seller's(A) bid history and saw one bidder(O) who was bidding on more than 95% of all this seller's auctions. Mostly 'nibble' bidding. This same bidder(O) won a few of seller(A) auctions but never with a last minute or even a last day bid. Most of the one of a kind items that were won by this bidder(O) were re-listed by seller(A), usually a few months later. Most suspicious when bidder(O) bid on the same art-pieces he had already won the first time the artwork was listed by this same seller(A)! I've witnessed this happen about a half-dozen times now (same seller, same bidder). Ebay has done nothing and both seller(A) and bidder(O) are still registered users. What do you think?
The seller in question sells one of a kind art. I became suspicious when I began noticing this seller(A) would re-list the same (one of a kind) art pieces more than once. I kept track of seller's(A) bid history and saw one bidder(O) who was bidding on more than 95% of all this seller's auctions. Mostly 'nibble' bidding. This same bidder(O) won a few of seller(A) auctions but never with a last minute or even a last day bid. Most of the one of a kind items that were won by this bidder(O) were re-listed by seller(A), usually a few months later. Most suspicious when bidder(O) bid on the same art-pieces he had already won the first time the artwork was listed by this same seller(A)! I've witnessed this happen about a half-dozen times now (same seller, same bidder). Ebay has done nothing and both seller(A) and bidder(O) are still registered users. What do you think?