Ebay scam - weird.

[Caractacus]

OK, bear with me on this one...

I'm buying another motor and I've seen the seller had sold said motor back in April of this year. It sold for quite a lot less than it's now for sale

The sale on ebay appears to have gone through, and feedback has been left from the 'buyer', but he's left none as the seller.

When I asked him what happened with the sale he said he was scammed. It was for sale in April, on his ebay account. It sold for £8950.00 iirc...all he said was tht when he clicked on a link it had another ebay account behind it that was false...I don't get it.

IMHO I think he sold it, but wasn't happy with the £££ he got, and held onto it, and he didn't like it when I saw it'd been sold prior for 4k less...just my gut reaction.

Can someone please explain to me if this could have been real scam and how they could have managed to get his motor without paying? It's all rather odd.

Many thanks in advance.

[DrDoofenshmirtz]

Bidding on his own auctions to bump the price up maybe?

[Caractacus]

DrDoofenshmirtz said:

Bidding on his own auctions to bump the price up maybe?

Hmmm...very good thinking, Batman! Thanks, you may well have solved the case.

PistonHeads - Thinking Matters.

[shep1001]

Shill bidding - I think you can look at the winning bidders stats and see how much of their activity is with a particular bidder and in what category

[AdamIndy]

Yep, happens all the time, running them up with a different/mates account.

Shill bidding is illegal whether in person or behind a computer screen. Tell him you'll give him £2k less and won't shop him to the police!