Shill seller busted! yamatoku-classic found with multiple shills

[7800fan]

http://www.auctionscams.net/2015/07/yamatoku-classic-caught-shill-bidding-on-multiple-accounts/

 

Just look at them. So many buyers who seems to have 100% or 99% activities with just one seller. I can't check buyer's completed history (eBay stopped allowing this over a year ago) so I can't tell how often buyer won anything but I am willing to bet the shills almost never win anything.

[tep392]

The seller's account is still active and I'm betting nothing will happen to them. Ebay knows what side their bread is buttered on.

[AtariLeaf]

Ebay knows what side their bread is buttered on.

 

If it's something like Ham and Swiss, the buttered side's on the inside. BUT if you're making grilled cheese, well then my friend the buttered side goes on the outside

[icemanxp300]

Wow I never knew this. I actually just went into an auction to see for myself. It actually gives that screen when you click on the bids and click on a bidder. I never knew it gave you information like this.

[goldenegg]

 

If it's something like Ham and Swiss, the buttered side's on the inside. BUT if you're making grilled cheese, well then my friend the buttered side goes on the outside

 

You should really put mayo on the outside of grilled cheese. It browns much more even than butter.

[+madman]

Wow, I've seen a bunch of auctions by them over the years, but never pulled the trigger because prices always went too high. There's one JP seller I've bought tons of items through and have never had a single issue.

[Austin]

After a bad experience or two I stopped buying from these guys.

[+xucaen]

Lol i had to google "shill bidding", never heard that term before. When i am bidding and suddenly a person with 0 feedback out bids me, i stop bidding. Usually they retract but you have to have patience. Never pay more than what you think it's worth

[7800fan]

Lol i had to google "shill bidding", never heard that term before. When i am bidding and suddenly a person with 0 feedback out bids me, i stop bidding. Usually they retract but you have to have patience. Never pay more than what you think it's worth

 

It's also why it's always best to save bidding until the last minute. Impossible for shills to sneak in and bid up or retract if they overbid

 

If you can't be around for the last minute, put in minimum bid, that way one bid would go over and it won't be worth trying to shill.

Edited July 7, 2015 by 7800fan

[BenG76]

This is one reason I almost always use a sniping site to place my bids at the last few seconds.

[Bodyshots]

I wanted to check it out but link is dead

[icemanxp300]

Basically it showed accounts bidding on his auctions and ebay has a spot that list how much of your account activity has been bidding on that sellers items. In all the accounts showed the account percentages were all 100%. Therefore they were only bidding on yamatoku-classic's items and nobody elses.