Suspicious eBay bidding activity observed

[Kalevi Kolttonen]

Hello!

Please see the following listing about Commodore 64
Bounder floppy disk. This item ended about an
hour ago:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/394794983462

Login to eBay, click "3 bids" and click the winning
bidder's partially blurred nickname (contains '*'
characters).

If the link above does not work, please use eBay's
Advanced Search and include Closed/Sold Items
wíth keywords: "commodore bounder disk".


Here is winning bidders info as revealed by eBay:

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30-Day Summary

Total bids: 38
Items bid on: 37
Bid activity with this seller: 13%
Bid retractions: 31
Bid retractions (12 months): 75
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It seems to me that this guy/gal/gender X is pushing
up retrogame prices. He/she/them has bid 38 times and
RETRACTED 31 TIMES during the last 30 days!!!

I have reported this issue to eBay.

BEWARE OF EBAY FRAUDS, MY RETROCOLLECTING FRIENDS!!!

br,
KK

[Kalevi Kolttonen]

Post by Kalevi Kolttonen
Hello!
Please see the following listing about Commodore 64
Bounder floppy disk. This item ended about an
https://www.ebay.com/itm/394794983462
Login to eBay, click "3 bids" and click the winning
bidder's partially blurred nickname (contains '*'
characters).
If the link above does not work, please use eBay's
Advanced Search and include Closed/Sold Items
wíth keywords: "commodore bounder disk".
-------------------------------------------------
30-Day Summary
Total bids: 38
Items bid on: 37
Bid activity with this seller: 13%
Bid retractions: 31
Bid retractions (12 months): 75
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It seems to me that this guy/gal/gender X is pushing
up retrogame prices. He/she/them has bid 38 times and
RETRACTED 31 TIMES during the last 30 days!!!
I have reported this issue to eBay.
BEWARE OF EBAY FRAUDS, MY RETROCOLLECTING FRIENDS!!!

Now, after 15 or 20 minutes since my original posting
here on Usenet, we can observe:

Bid retractions: 32

So he/she/them has retracted his/her/their bid again.

It seems clear that there are fradulent retrogame sellers
on eBay who use helpers to push up their item's prices.

I have reported this Commodore 64 Sentinen disk to eBay as
well:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067212893

The same guy/girl/gender X is bidding on that auction,
just like with C64 Bounder that ended tonight. We can
be sure about it since the statistics match exactly and
his/her/their positive feedback is 1500.

br,
KK

[Kalevi Kolttonen]

Post by Kalevi Kolttonen
Bid retractions: 32
So he/she/them has retracted his/her/their bid again.
It seems clear that there are fradulent retrogame sellers
on eBay who use helpers to push up their item's prices.
I have reported this Commodore 64 Sentinen disk to eBay as
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067212893
The same guy/girl/gender X is bidding on that auction,
just like with C64 Bounder that ended tonight. We can
be sure about it since the statistics match exactly and
his/her/their positive feedback is 1500.

Here's yet another listing featuring this guy/girl/gender X
with 1500 positive feedback:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067225240

This listing is Commodore 64 Raid Over Moscow disk.
He/she/them is pushing up the item's price.

I have reported this listing to eBay too and will keep
on searching for more listings.

br,
KK

[Kalevi Kolttonen]

Post by Kalevi Kolttonen
Here's yet another listing featuring this guy/girl/gender X
https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067225240
This listing is Commodore 64 Raid Over Moscow disk.
He/she/them is pushing up the item's price.
I have reported this listing to eBay too and will keep
on searching for more listings.

Here's more of the same. This is Commodore 64 Zaxxon
disk:

https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067214852

The currently winning bidder is again our "friend"
with 1500 positive feedback, and a huge amount of
bid retractions.

Man, I am *so* pissed off!

br,
KK

[Kalevi Kolttonen]

Post by Kalevi Kolttonen
Man, I am *so* pissed off!

My old Lemon64 account (www.lemon64.com) has been
disabled, so I just created a new one.

I will post this information on fraudulent eBay sellers
to Lemon64 Commodore 64 forum as soon as the site
admins have approved my new account request.

br,
KK