Ebay question about shill bidding?
916255
paypall isn't ebay, don't confuse the two and screw your customer, if the money hit paypal, you should ship!!!  ebay cannot take your money.  they may try and charge you but stealing is stealing
1010128
Do you have more than one of the product you are selling? Or are you not happy with the bid amount? Explain more please.\n\nOkay, I think I know what you mean. If you simply aren't happy with the last bid you got, and your auction has NOT ended, yes, you can end the auction. However, if the auction has already ended, and you have a winning bidder, Ebays rules protect buyers and you have to sell it at that price. \n\nYES - You can end it now if the auction hasn't ended. Just go to your "My Ebay", click on your item you are listing, and click on "cancel auction" or "end auction". \n\nI can help you list your item if you'd like so you'll get the maximum amount out of it - I've been selliing on Ebay for years. \n\nNext time, set a reserve price so this won't happen again.\n\nYes, if you end it, you will be able to relist it. In your reason, just pick one, it doesn't really matter. Ebay will usually end it if you request it.
147437
I've recently tried a reverse auction from a site that I found on google adwords. I posted my wanted ad for a playstation. I requested a lower price and I had a good deal. There was only one bid but the transaction was successful and I received the item. I'll give it another shot !
520262
Lots and lots of people, and Ebay does have investigators actively pursuing people for all sorts of misconduct on there.  I tried to sell a fairly expensive item and nobody bid high enough to make my reserve price.   One of the bidders on my item was contacted by someone saying they were my husband and made her a "second chance" offer to purchase the item.  She goes ahead and sends this unknown guy over $800 cash via Western Union.  After she doesn't hear anything from this guy for a couple days she finally, for the first time, contacts me.  What a mess.  I felt so bad for her and tried to help all I could.  She made too many mistakes and didn't verify who she was dealing with and she didn't follow rules set down by Ebay, so you can't really blame this one on Ebay.
916606
well, actually, you're looking at it wrong.\n\nlet's say that you put up an item for bid.  your asking first bid is 1 dollar.  now, i open that auction and i want it.  let's say that i bid $100.00\n\nit will say that the highest bid is $1.00 - in my favor.\n\nnow, let's say that no one bids at all, and the auction ends.  as far as you know, my highest bid was $1.00 - it doesn't show what my actual bid was.\n\nlet's backtrack.  let's say that one other person bid on that auction.  they bid $20, about an hour after i bid.  (i then went to the store to buy groceries).  ebay will automatically raise my bid to $21 - in my favor.  the bidding history will show my bid at 1.00, the second person's bid at 20, and then it will show another bid from me for 21.  the 21 dollar bid will have the same time as my original bid (that's important too)\n\nso it sits at 21 dollars for a few days.. and it's ending in 2 minutes!  now, two people go crazy bidding.  34!  56!  71! 83! times up!  i will have the highest bid, at 84 dollars.  i only bid once - at the beginning.\n\nbidding that early doesn't bring up the price.  what brings up the price is when another person bids high as well.\n\nwhat i don't understand is when items are moderately desired, and there is a listing price of... say 7.99, with a buy-it-now of 9.99.  again, this item is regularly wanted, and usually sells for 10.99.  why do some of these guys put in a bid at 7.99 when they can BiN for a dollar cheaper than the normal outcome price?
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If you bid on it, and changed your mind, it isn't fair to the seller.  It isn't fair to other buyer's who saw your bid.  You've wasted other people's time and energy.\n\nA deal is a deal as they say.\n\nIf there is some type of extenuating circumstance that you couldn't reasonably anticipate, you might try to work things out with the seller.\n\nYou should just suck it up and pay for the item. \n\nYou might ask the seller not to ship it, and be able to save on shipping charges.\n\nNext time, wait until you're sure you want it before bidding.
194166
There are other online auctions.  Just search google or yahoo search for auctions.  I sell on Ebay, and  your are right, it is getting pretty expensive.  So far, none of the other auction sites that I have looked into seem to be getting much business.
156509
I would have to say no.  There are numerous "businesses" on ebay and I almost gaurantee you that they are not all registered.  But maybe save money from your business and then get register wouldn't hurt it would only add to your credibility.
1058643
Make sure you know your marketplace. I've sold on ebay for years in different niches, and you cannot go wrong with doing lots of research on there, anything from constantly knowing the other sellers in your category to price comparing with finished auctions. I cannot stress to you how important customer service is in this; even the largest and biggest sellers lose me after one transaction if they make promises or have no kind of "touch". Keep in contact with your customers, and you'll reap the benefits. Good luck!
231757
I have my own eBay business.    The first thing I would do is buy some inexpensive things on eBay, just to get some positive feedback.  The first thing I bought was a VHS tape for $.99.  The trick to being successful is to pick a category that doesn't have that many sellers, and is something that people want.  If you pick a category that comes up with 500,000 items up for auction, people just aren't going to browse through that category to see what everyone has.  Even when you refine your search on a category that big it usually comes up with 30,000...still too many for browsing.  I always ship USPS Priority Mail because there is a flat rate box (12x14x3) that is one price, no matter how much it weighs....so if you can fit it in that box it's only one price. The Post Office will also come and pick your shipment up for free with Priority Mail, so there's no going to the Post Office and customers get their product in 2-3 days.  (I've found that people don't want to wait for their stuff longer than 3 days.)  I don't want to tell you what I'm selling because I don't want the category to get overloaded with sellers.  But I do well, I am able to support myself, no problem.  I actually started out with only $500.  When you put your product up for auction you have a choice of a 7 day or a 10 day auction.  I always do the 10 day auction starting it on a Friday.  That way you have 2 weekends for people to look at your stuff.  Some sellers don't accept PayPal as a method of payment because you have to give a percentage of your profit of a sale to them if it is used by your buyer.  I personally won't buy from people that don't take PayPal because you have protection against a seller that is trying to rip you off.  I have only had good experiences with my customers and  with PayPal, and I have a 100% positive feedback rate.  If you have any more questions you can email me at:\n\nebayenigma@luv2kre8it.com
607095
Join Yahoo Answers!!  Worked for me I haven't been on eBay in weeks.
72620
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1058997
There are a couple of ways to do this. First you can list the buy it now price for 1 lot. In your item description be very clear on what they are bidding on. If you have 10 lots put 10 total and in your description tell them what comes with a lot. The other way you can do it sell individually. I would not recommend this as if you are selling something for 1.00 ebay automatically charges no less that .35-.50 cents to list... then you have a end of auction fee... if you do them in lots and you sell them lets say for $5-$10 then you are only hit the one fee for each lot and not for each piece. So you still have the .35-.50 to list and your end of auction fee probably .30 . This is opposoed to selling them piece by piece and only making a few cents or sometimes you can even lose money!!!!
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Your best option is to use the eBay Trading Assistant program, where sellers register on eBay to sell for other people. You can search for trading assistants in your area using this tool:\n\nhttp://tradingassistant.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?TradingAssistant&page=main
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First, as fantastic as craigslist.org is, it does not have auction any auctions--it does have collectibles for sale that can be had for much less than if you went to buy them on eBay, but you have to know your prices and as always, caveat emptor!!\n\nPersonally I check Yahoo auctions "when I think about it", but the selection in the categories I look for are usually lacking. eBay (love it or hate it) is the best game in town for drawing a crowd.\n\nMeanwhile, read the Forbes Magazine article about eBay...(link below) HUGE article---only gave you a few paragraphs...\n\n...."you're probably not one of the 16 million people who do business regularly on eBay, where approximately $14 million changes hands every day and 18 million new listings are posted each month. EBay is often gushingly described by fans, many of whom are self-described addicts, as the ultimate frictionless marketplace. Following in eBay's wake, auction sites of all sorts have proliferated. Enthusiasts consider them the Web's killer application, one that breaks down geographic, logistical, and informational barriers to the point where buying and selling become acts of economic purity. Well, that's one way of looking at it. Here's another: Ebay and its like are a free-for-all for con artists, sleazeballs, shady operators, and outright thieves.\n\nWhy shouldn't it be? As is true of much of the Web, the characteristics that make auction sites so appealing—anonymity, speed, low overhead, access to millions of people, lack of outside regulation, an ability to interact from a great distance—are the very same characteristics that make rip-offs so easy.
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Firstly, you will get negative ratings from the seller which means that other sellers may not accept bids from you in future.\n\nAdditionally, the seller can report you to eBay who may ban you from their site.\n\nTo avoid this, you may wish to contact the seller directly, explain why you no longer want the item and try to come to some agreement with them.
31288
I wouldn't pay. Contact E-bay and ask why the listing was removed. Until e-bay gives confirmation that it's safe or a reason why the listing is no longer there, I'd hold on to my money.