Am I Being Messed With: EBAY Question?

[LENNON NIGHT]

So I am bidding on a real estate domain name that is being sold on EBAY. I was the high bidder and now every time I try to bid, the persons goes ahead of me. I know they have a high price but I bid when it was like 2200 dollars now its 12,200 in less then two hours. I am willing to go high for the site which is

BUYAHome.com and is registered with the major search engines

But is it possible that the seller and the high bidder are the same and they are just trying to trap someone into a bigger price? Thanks

 

[Penguinfan]

You can inquire through Ebay if it is multiple bidders or 2 bidders going back and forth.

 

[BobbyBlueChip]

It's very possible that the seller is the bidder. That's the only way prices get raised nowadays.

 

[LENNON NIGHT]

Yeah welll I wish him the best, hahahha the bid is now up too 15,200 bucks just by me bumping it, now i am out of the game

 

[SixFive]

yep, shill bidding goes on all the time.

 

[LENNON NIGHT]

I got an email saying from the bidder saying that he would be willing to stop bidding for $250 dollars in his paypal account. I want the web site but does this shit happen all the time? And is it legal?

 

[bjfinste]

If they did that, I would suspect the seller is the bidder. Can't say I've ever had that happen to me. The name will probably be back up on ebay again in another month and he'll be forced to sell to himself.

 

[countinguy]

I would report BS to ebay like that immediately. They can find out if the bids are coming from the same IP and shut the SOB down!!
Just my advice!!

 

[MadJack]

check all the bidding activity on his completed auctions to see if there's anything suspicious going on. i hate crooks.