jump usa for the past few months, seems as if the (Shills are at it hot a heavy) You place a bod then someone else bids , you work the bid to your own tops what your Willing to pay and BINGO! Your outbid again, the next thing that happens, is 1 the high bidder dont buy, 2 the item is relised again! PHOOY! Now I have a habbit to check feed back, BINGO! the bidder against me or even other auctions I have checked , most of their actual BUYS are for items other than reels, or reel parts, they bid on hats, shirts comic books etc! you people want to check it, seems as if this is the newest craze to run up bids! in the end the priginal seller loses on the relist as I belive they must pay charges on the original listing! Strange NO BAD FEED BACK is EVER LISTED!? Your Ohio Conection On Lake ERIE Col. Milton Lorens aka SWIM JIG
Colonel, unfortunately it is not new, it has been going on for a long time on eBay. I caught my first shill in 1997, and in fact ended up in federal court a couple of years later after a shill bidding seller found out I had his auctions ended on eBay and he sued me. I won, of course, and in fact got him some jail time, but it cost me more than was reasonable in attorney fees and etc. A coutersuit netted me nothing as he didn't have any assets.