Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: EBay Shenanigans - Beware

(Example: Framebuilding)

Date: Tue, 24 Oct 2000 16:09:22 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Mark Chandler" <velo@value.net>
To: classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Subject: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: EBay Shenanigans - Beware
In-Reply-To: <39F605E4.4127D8A4@ixpres.com>


On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, PeterGrenader wrote:
> Further update: I wrote this guy and he admitted, with tons of attitude along
> with it, that '1woeman' is in fact his dad in Austin and he was intentionally
> trying to jack the price up. I believe this is against eBay's guidelines.
>
> Could someone verify this before I make a formal complaint?

It's part of the policy. I just put several items on eBay last night and this morning (Bridgestone catalogues), and in the confirmation e-mail, it said that "shill" bids were against eBay's policies. Now, whether they consider this to be a shill bid may be up in the air.

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