And if you´re caught (beats me how!?).. you´ll be banned from trading on the bay.
each bidder has a history, they dont show names but stats are revealed. the winner on the above bike has these stats
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1 Items bid on:
1 Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bids to unique sellers: 1
Bids in unique categories: 1
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0
looks innocent enough but if he bids on another item from the same seller next week and only that seller and so on and so on or if the item gets relisted and this seller bids and wins again, then the stats will start to look dodgy and could be grounds for complaint.
this is the bid history on another bidder on the same item
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 21 Items bid on: 21
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 4%
Bids to unique sellers: 20
Bids in unique categories: 9
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 4
end price 106.00
each bidder has a history, they dont show names but stats are revealed. the winner on the above bike has these stats
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 1 Items bid on:
1 Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%
Bids to unique sellers: 1
Bids in unique categories: 1
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 0
looks innocent enough but if he bids on another item from the same seller next week and only that seller and so on and so on or if the item gets relisted and this seller bids and wins again, then the stats will start to look dodgy and could be grounds for complaint.
this is the bid history on another bidder on the same item
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 21 Items bid on: 21
Bid activity (%) with this seller: 4%
Bids to unique sellers: 20
Bids in unique categories: 9
Bid retractions: 0
Bid retractions (6 months): 4
varied and pretty much spread around.
shill bidding is bad advice.
sorry if i missed something.