Shill Bidding is getting really bad

[RowdyW]

I've bought from that seller before with no problems.

Me, too... many times.   

~A~

Ditto

[bluefish69]

I've only bought 1 item from him & that was all I will ever buy from him. He does this as a side to the book store & tried to charge me tax. He is 20 Min. from me.

Mike

[Mac53]

I wonder how it's even permitted that a vendor can bid on their own auctions or am I missing something?

[Reel 224]

I can't for the life of me understand why anyone is upset about these people, if you know whats going on. Then don't patronize that sealer...Yes? A person needs to educate themselves before entering into a bid for any product. I would personally ask one of the guys here who I trusted to advise me what the fare price of reel was, as Aiala did.

Joe

[Newell Nut]

I wonder how it's even permitted that a vendor can bid on their own auctions or am I missing something?

It is against ebay rules. They depend on us to report it so they can investigate. If you look at and item you will see a link that says "Report this item". After their investigation they deal with the sellers. Of course a seller can just start up a new account I would assume. Not sure.