Why bid against me when you could bid on an item that hasen't even been bid on yet. I also find it strange that there are the same items with absolutely no bids going in to expiration. It clearly tells you his business activity is >90% with this seller. The bid history of my opponent bidder ">90%" with this seller is not a fantasized is available for all to see if they click on the bid history then click on this bidder. If you are suspecting that the "phantom bidder" is in cahoots with the seller in 90% of his auctions, the seller is shelling out lots of cash to ebay for nothing. This has worked very well for me for years. You'll either get the item for your bid amount or less (due to the proxy bid system) or someone else wins the auction because they are willing to pay more than you. When I am bidding on an item, I use the same method as mentioned by agent.5, go in as high as you are willing to go, with less than 10 seconds left in the auction. I also know that ebay monitors IP addresses, since more than once when I have been travelling for work and listing items from other states (in hotels, etc) they have called me to confirm that I am indeed listing items for sale. I never use reserves since I feel that it's a waste of everyone's time and cost more ebay fees this is the only scenario that I can even remotely see that these shenanigans would be worth it, to get the reserve met. The reason is that the seller has to fork over final value fees (which are a percentage of the final price) when an item successfully sells in addition to the listing fees. I have a lot of experience selling on ebay (2000+ items over the last 8 years) and I'm struggling with the concept of phantom bidders or shills.
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