Nymph said:Honestly, (and no offense to all y'all great pF sellers!) I sometimes get bummed when sellers require 10 feedback or less. Especially when it's something which I really, truly want!
I totally understand where the sellers are coming from, especially for high priced items. But at the same time, what about those buyers who just got started on eBay? It's so hard to convince sellers that we're genuine buyers, and more often than not, we get passed over or miss a great deal cos of the time lapse between sending an email to check if the seller would consider selling to us anyway.
Sorry to be so whiny, but I just thought I'd say something on behalf of everyone else in the same position as I am. Then again, I could be the only pathetic one in the pF with an equally sad feedback status...
*hides in a corner*
hellosunshine said:alot of times when someone has less than 10 feedbacks....the user just asks to send them a private message to let them know that you want to bid.It's usually not a big deal. But what I was pointing out is that there's more than usual zero feedback bidders around ebay these days.And it seems that everytime you bid...they bid alittle higher and so forth.Sometimes the price goes up so fast....that I get suspicious and I give up the auction.
hellosunshine said:alot of times when someone has less than 10 feedbacks....the user just asks to send them a private message to let them know that you want to bid.It's usually not a big deal. But what I was pointing out is that there's more than usual zero feedback bidders around ebay these days.And it seems that everytime you bid...they bid alittle higher and so forth.Sometimes the price goes up so fast....that I get suspicious and I give up the auction.
mocean said:that is what shill bidding is...
note: I have no proof of any of this, I'm just getting all comfy on the grassy knoll over here.
pointie said:tPF picnic on that grassy knoll!
I just did some selling on ebay, and had a few newbies asking question after question. Some are just nervous and inexperienced. But others are definitely shill-bidding. so many nice BBags with too many newbies, it isn't a coincidence.:s
winona77 said:I noticed a lot of shill bidding this week.
A LOT.
I love when there's a ton of shill bidding and then the bag is relisted with claims that there was a "Non-Paying Bidder"
mocean said:shill bidding is when the seller sets up fake accounts and then bids up their own auctions with those fake accounts. then if the shill bidder account WINS- the seller will then relist the bag saying there is a non-paying bidder.
zeke said:but why would they shill bid on your bag? usually shill bidding is set up by the seller.