Widespread Shill Bidding on eBay Reported by Sunday Times

Published January 30th, 2007


A newspaper report finds many dealers on auction site Ebay artificially driving up bids, forcing consumers to pay more for offered items than they should. The Sunday Times of London said it undertook an extensive investigation and found so called “shill” bidding is widespread across the popular site. Among the evidence the newspaper presented to its readers [...]



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