Shill Bidding On Ebay Gsm Phones

jdh449 · 19-04-2006, 05:00

I have only recently been interested in purchasing used GSM phones on ebay. I am buying 7 phones for me and my traveling companions who are visiting Italy in the fall. I've bought several of the 7 so far, but I suspect, maybe I'm even convinced, there is shill bidding going on. When I bid on a Motorola V66 phone I see a lot of bidders with (0) winning bids bidding against me. I suspect the sellers know the price should be about $30 with shipping, so they bid it up to near that level and back off. If they "win" the bid they recycle the item to the next auction.
Has anyone else seen this, or is it my imagination?

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jdh449 (Offline) Junior Member Amateur Member Posts: 12 Join Date: 16 Apr 2006 Location: San Francisco CA USA Country:	19-04-2006, 05:00 I have only recently been interested in purchasing used GSM phones on ebay. I am buying 7 phones for me and my traveling companions who are visiting Italy in the fall. I've bought several of the 7 so far, but I suspect, maybe I'm even convinced, there is shill bidding going on. When I bid on a Motorola V66 phone I see a lot of bidders with (0) winning bids bidding against me. I suspect the sellers know the price should be about $30 with shipping, so they bid it up to near that level and back off. If they "win" the bid they recycle the item to the next auction. Has anyone else seen this, or is it my imagination?