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Catbird9 said:
I did some sleuthing and discovered she has quite a lot of buying activity and more than one buying account.

I sent her this message:

"I'm sorry you're not completely happy with the bag. I did describe "darkening at corners and around turnlock" in my description and photos. I believe the shape of the bag is clearly shown in the photos too.

The bag was shipped to you in China after it was delivered to the original shipping address in Portland, Oregon. You are a repeat customer and I value your business! I would like to offer you a courtesy refund of $5 on this item. Please let me know if that is acceptable, and thank you for contacting me."

She accepted the $5. I put her on my blocked buyer list. Thank you all for your responses!
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I love how you told her you value her business and then blocked her. I would have done the same thing!
 
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#8,342
Catbird9 said:
You are a repeat customer and I value your business! I would like to offer you a courtesy refund of $5 on this item. Please let me know if that is acceptable, and thank you for contacting me."

She accepted the $5. I put her on my blocked buyer list. Thank you all for your responses!
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whateve said:
I love how you told her you value her business and then blocked her. I would have done the same thing!
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^^^This!

Watch for other IDs that might be linked to her before accepting other offers.

(and please PM her ID for blocking purposes.)
 
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Hi all, I've been an eBay member for over 5 or 6 years now but have only really started buying on eBay the past year or so. I'm contemplating joining an auction for a high priced handbag. Right now the price is around $3,000 for something that retails for around $7,000 plus tax. I've been in other auctions before where the price was moving along in a reasonable manner and all of a sudden it jumps 20-30% or so.

If the seller is unscrupulous, can they have another account or a friend deliberately bid it up? Just wondering if this can be a common practice and if there are signs of it I can look for? Also, does eBay police this kind of thing? Wait, I can probably answer that myself, No!

TIA
 
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Addicted to bags said:
Hi all, I've been an eBay member for over 5 or 6 years now but have only really started buying on eBay the past year or so. I'm contemplating joining an auction for a high priced handbag. Right now the price is around $3,000 for something that retails for around $7,000 plus tax. I've been in other auctions before where the price was moving along in a reasonable manner and all of a sudden it jumps 20-30% or so.

If the seller is unscrupulous, can they have another account or a friend deliberately bid it up? Just wondering if this can be a common practice and if there are signs of it I can look for? Also, does eBay police this kind of thing? Wait, I can probably answer that myself, No!

TIA
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Yes, they can. You can look at their other auctions to see if you can see any of this activity. Look for bidders that have bid on several of the seller's items. You can see the percentage of bidding they've done for one seller.
 
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Addicted to bags said:
Hi all, I've been an eBay member for over 5 or 6 years now but have only really started buying on eBay the past year or so. I'm contemplating joining an auction for a high priced handbag. Right now the price is around $3,000 for something that retails for around $7,000 plus tax. I've been in other auctions before where the price was moving along in a reasonable manner and all of a sudden it jumps 20-30% or so.

If the seller is unscrupulous, can they have another account or a friend deliberately bid it up? Just wondering if this can be a common practice and if there are signs of it I can look for? Also, does eBay police this kind of thing? Wait, I can probably answer that myself, No!

TIA
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whateve said:
Yes, they can. You can look at their other auctions to see if you can see any of this activity. Look for bidders that have bid on several of the seller's items. You can see the percentage of bidding they've done for one seller.
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Shill bidding is illegal and as such, a violation of ebay policy but ebay is averse to acting on shilling sellers because that type of bidding drives up the price of the item and consequently, increases the FVF ebay collects on those sales.
 
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holiday123 said:
I just did a sell similar on the app and it popped up when I was submitting it. No good, but let me opt out.
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I don't use the app and I haven't seen it. I did a bunch of relists and/or sell similar and haven't seen it but thanks for making me aware! I'm going to watch for it and figure out how to opt out.
 
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BeenBurned said:
I don't use the app and I haven't seen it. I did a bunch of relists and/or sell similar and haven't seen it but thanks for making me aware! I'm going to watch for it and figure out how to opt out.
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Just added a photo to a listing and this popped up - is it new too? I'd love to pay no fees haha
 

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