What is it called when the ebay seller is bidding on their OWN item??

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Help!

Shill bidding?

Idiocy.

I am trying to report them but the bloody list of ebay no, no's is mind boggling!

It drives me crackers!

Fraud. ??

It is bloody stupid, i am cross a si want the item but dont want to pay over the odds. Thieving, erm thieves

shill bidding

how do you know they're bidding on their own item? and what is it?

wish i knew as think it happened to me

show us!

It is a green bugaboo gecko (i know, i know )

They used their own account name, bonkers!

I have reported them. Thank you for the quick replies.

shill bidding.
ebay do s*d all about it too- I have reported several in the past.

pls link- I would love to know if its the same person who actually used the for sale boards before the changes, as she sold and bumped her own buggies.

Here it is The thieves!

They are not bidding right now, obviously. Bet they do again though.

Then she crowed about it on here too!

oh- we can't see the bidders- I think this happens over 100£?

How do you know she is bidding on her own item {thicko emoticon}

er how do you know?? there are no names

The bidders don't look particularly suspicious though, judging from their activity

ps i wanted that one too

all bidders are anon now

I guess bidder 5 could be the seller but how can you tell?

If they bis it comes up as the bidder name. Biddder 4 is the bidder, that is the name they are using. When the people selling bid thier name (Spinkton) appears as the bidder.

That was as clear as mud wasnt it

But the seller has 100% postive feedback, bidder 4 has 99%

They do dont they. I still want it.

and The seller has 155 postive feedback and the bidder 4 has over 1000

I want it too