Originally Posted by cpsqlrwn

This is kind of interesting because we have two things going on here that are shady/not by the rules and eBay, for the most part, allows both of them to occur with little punishment. We have the shill bidding which we all acknowledge as out and out stealing. But we also have the buyer who really has the option of refusing to pay and my understanding is that eBay really does nothing about that in terms of penalties or sanctions. Perhaps as buyers, we should start refusing to pay when we suspect an auction is shill bid. But that would also mean giving up the merchandise we want. Quick question.... Do you think the next to last bid on this DeRosa auction that just ended was a shill bid or just a new user hoping to get a DeRosa on the cheap?
http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.d...m=270810777417