Originally Posted by jschen
Last I checked, a seller is allowed to bid once using the same username or another username if there is no reserve set. Basically, it allows a seller to set a hidden reserve, but the seller would have to eat the transaction fee eBay charges even if the reserve isn't met. I didn't like that policy, but it was the policy. Of course, I haven't use eBay for about 8 years now, so the policy could well have changed.
That might have been the case at one time, but it is clearly not allowed now. Not that there was any shill bidding in this case, here is the rule.
http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...l-bidding.html