CSI-SWFUK on the case!

[indianawars]

So I was browsing through ebay (As you do) When I stumbled across a Palitoy MOC Imperial Stormtrooper (UKG 90, 85, 90) currently at £175! And I thought to myself, 'Man, TT are shooting up in price.' So I checked it out, and of course no mention in the listing about it being a TT, so I wondered who was stupid enough to bid so high on this? It is a user named: r***d (46). So I begun to check out the sellers other listing only to find this user: r***d (46) was the highest bidder on pretty much everything else! So this seller is obviously using another account to drive up his prices!!! I also found it amusing that he has a 'reserve not met' on some of the items, so if no one outbids him on it, he can just relist it again without anyone paying much attention about it. Massive twat, comes to mind. I've reported my findings to ebay so we will see what happens?

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281655669332&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281654410133&showauto=true
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281655664233&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281655470471&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281655467010&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281655670193&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

Even on non Star Wars related listings your find r***d (46) bidding!

http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281653665457&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=281653673058&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2565

 

[jedisearcher]

Without making this into another 'millionsoftoys" car crash thread :lol: , r***d has Bid activity (%) with this seller of 100%.

This one seems much more clear cut that it's shilling.

Thing that's just as disturbing is that the under-bidder is prepared to pay £170 for TT shite. Some people have more money than sense ...

 

[indianawars]

I can already see how this will play out, unless eBay step in...
I'm sure his intentions are to (Second chance offer) it to the next highest bidder that wasn't him with some pitiful story on how 'the winning bidder messed me around, so I'm offering it to you.' :evil:

 

[ollie]

It definitely seems dodgy, given that r***d hasn't bid on anything else from other people.

If it is dodgy then I guess it looks as if the auction starts, then r***d puts in a bid, which I'm guessing is the minimum amount the seller thornton wants, if it goes higher, awesome. Nearly all of the bids by r***d are placed at the very beginning of the auction.

Saying that, r***d is bidding on the other auctions thornton has going, this time bit by bit, very dodgy.

I'm going to report this to eBay, has anyone else already done so?

 

[ollie]

So I've reported all of the auctions r***d has/is bidding.

If it is dodgy I hope eBay will do something about it although I suspect that if 2nd chance offers are sent and accepted, they won't as it's money in their bank

 

[indianawars]

I have reported all of my findings to eBay, but nothing seems to have be done about it... Especially now he's relisting items that were won by r***d.

 

[Dark Sith Lord]

There seems to have been a spike in people that do this recently. Reported to Ebay too. Dont think anything will be done though