Latest eBay seller BS

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Thu Sep 30 14:35:36 CDT 2010


On 9/30/10 3:30 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>> Ebay does kick shills off when they catch
>> them - they just do not advertise an account cancellation as "Caught
>> Shilling". "Administrative Cancellation" sounds more sterile but safe
>> for business.
>
> Sure... when they catch them.

   One thing they do specifically check for is bids for an item coming 
from the same IP address that the listing was initiated from, or from 
the same browser (via cookies).  This obviously will result in 
occasional false positives.

              -Dave

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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL



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