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Originally Posted by whyme38
As far as I am aware it is but if found out they are banned from Ebay for life.......but I may be wrong
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Perhaps, but eBay don't stop them setting up another account.
I remember a seller that was shill bidding on just about everything they sold. I noticed something was wrong when I'd bid on an item. Anyway - reported the seller and sure enough their account was closed within days.
Also within days, the same seller was back - I only knew because the location and goods for sale were the same. And the shill bidding was happening all over again. Reported the account and it was closed too.
Only for the seller to re-appear a few days later - slightly different location this time (i.e. county instead of town) but the same trademark goods for sale.
I did check it a few times, and it did appear that the seller had learnt their lesson, as there was no detectable shill bidding.
Caveat emptor, as the saying goes.