How eBay Sellers Fix Auctions

Boj writes "The Times online is carrying stories on fraud carried out on eBay using shill bidding. Citing eBay's changes to security as aiding the shill bidders and this fraud: "Last November eBay changed its rules to conceal bidders' identity — making it even more difficult for customers to see whether sellers are bidding on their own lots.""

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Re:Ebay - Where there is a sucker born every minut

[Yvan256]

And when I'm looking for some uber rare item that it would take years and thousands of dollars in gasoline to find by scouring every used record store, book store, person's home, etc., ebay comes in very handy.

And even so, sometimes the item in question is so rare that eBay probably never even had it in its listings. Ever.

I'm talking about the ISA soundcard Innovation SSI 2001, based on the SID 6581 soundchip. Nope, not the HardSID.

If you have, know someone who has, or know where to find the Innovation SSI 2001, please contact me. Thank you.

Re:Ebay - Where there is a sucker born every minut

[tomstdenis]

The only serious gear I have is computers and I don't mind paying retail because the shop I use gives me good service deals and even tradeins to upgrade stuff below retail cost (it helps that I've been shopping there for years and even when I moved out of town for a bit I kept using them).

Sure I might save 30% by buying from a stranger on Ebay, but will they fix/replace the widget when it breaks in a month? I know my retailer will.

Tom