Shill bidding, deliberate:
The deliberate use of secondary registrations or associates to artificially raise the level of bidding and/or price on an item.
-Many multiple bids from one bidder to one seller.
-Bidder rarely wins, or the high bidder suddenly does not buy and the second highest bidder is offered the item at that bidder's last bid.
-Bidder usually has low feedback compared to bidding level.
-Bidder and seller usually (not always) live fairly close to each other.
-Bidder usually raises the level of bidding an unusual amount.
-If it is an alias, the bidder's information will be falsified.
ACTION: First offense: 30 day suspension of primary account and indefinite suspension of all alias registrations.
Second offense: Indefinite suspension of primary account.
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