[sdiy] ebay internal shill bidding?

[David Anderson]

On 1/6/2011 3:07 PM, Bob Weigel wrote:
> Sure it will if shilling is treated as the serious crime (theft) that 
> it is.  Ebay should have a department for dealing with suspected shill 
> bids.

You're aware of their shill bidding policy, right?
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html

> Seriously there are creative ways to greatly reduce the outside shill 
> bidding.  But this would keep EBAY from doing it on a consistent basis 
> at least.  Tinfoil? Please. THink first..insult later/ OK? 

Bob, with all due respect, your first email and followup emails on the 
subject fail to present any evidence. You've suggested that there's "a 
guy who might talk". Your complaint in this area has much in common with 
arguments advanced by UFO enthusiasts.

I've read, very carefully, your complaint about the mechanics of sniping 
and they reveal more about what you don't know than what you do. I don't 
claim insider knowledge, but Occam's Razor suggests that the reality is 
far less nefarious than you make it out to be.

To quote someone, "everything isn't what it appears to be."