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  • Re: Suspicious eBay bidding activity observed

    From Kalevi Kolttonen@21:1/5 to Kalevi Kolttonen on Sun Aug 13 17:09:02 2023
    Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
    Here's yet another listing featuring this guy/girl/gender X
    with 1500 positive feedback:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067225240

    This listing is Commodore 64 Raid Over Moscow disk.
    He/she/them is pushing up the item's price.

    I have reported this listing to eBay too and will keep
    on searching for more listings.

    Here's more of the same. This is Commodore 64 Zaxxon
    disk:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067214852

    The currently winning bidder is again our "friend"
    with 1500 positive feedback, and a huge amount of
    bid retractions.

    Man, I am *so* pissed off!

    br,
    KK

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  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@21:1/5 to Kalevi Kolttonen on Sun Aug 13 16:54:07 2023
    Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
    Hello!

    Please see the following listing about Commodore 64
    Bounder floppy disk. This item ended about an
    hour ago:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/394794983462

    Login to eBay, click "3 bids" and click the winning
    bidder's partially blurred nickname (contains '*'
    characters).

    If the link above does not work, please use eBay's
    Advanced Search and include Closed/Sold Items
    wíth keywords: "commodore bounder disk".


    Here is winning bidders info as revealed by eBay:

    -------------------------------------------------
    30-Day Summary

    Total bids: 38
    Items bid on: 37
    Bid activity with this seller: 13%
    Bid retractions: 31
    Bid retractions (12 months): 75 -------------------------------------------------

    It seems to me that this guy/gal/gender X is pushing
    up retrogame prices. He/she/them has bid 38 times and
    RETRACTED 31 TIMES during the last 30 days!!!

    I have reported this issue to eBay.

    BEWARE OF EBAY FRAUDS, MY RETROCOLLECTING FRIENDS!!!

    Now, after 15 or 20 minutes since my original posting
    here on Usenet, we can observe:

    Bid retractions: 32

    So he/she/them has retracted his/her/their bid again.

    It seems clear that there are fradulent retrogame sellers
    on eBay who use helpers to push up their item's prices.

    I have reported this Commodore 64 Sentinen disk to eBay as
    well:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067212893

    The same guy/girl/gender X is bidding on that auction,
    just like with C64 Bounder that ended tonight. We can
    be sure about it since the statistics match exactly and
    his/her/their positive feedback is 1500.

    br,
    KK

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  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@21:1/5 to Kalevi Kolttonen on Sun Aug 13 17:04:37 2023
    Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
    Bid retractions: 32

    So he/she/them has retracted his/her/their bid again.

    It seems clear that there are fradulent retrogame sellers
    on eBay who use helpers to push up their item's prices.

    I have reported this Commodore 64 Sentinen disk to eBay as
    well:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067212893

    The same guy/girl/gender X is bidding on that auction,
    just like with C64 Bounder that ended tonight. We can
    be sure about it since the statistics match exactly and
    his/her/their positive feedback is 1500.

    Here's yet another listing featuring this guy/girl/gender X
    with 1500 positive feedback:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/305067225240

    This listing is Commodore 64 Raid Over Moscow disk.
    He/she/them is pushing up the item's price.

    I have reported this listing to eBay too and will keep
    on searching for more listings.

    br,
    KK

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  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@21:1/5 to All on Sun Aug 13 16:41:44 2023
    Hello!

    Please see the following listing about Commodore 64
    Bounder floppy disk. This item ended about an
    hour ago:

    https://www.ebay.com/itm/394794983462

    Login to eBay, click "3 bids" and click the winning
    bidder's partially blurred nickname (contains '*'
    characters).

    If the link above does not work, please use eBay's
    Advanced Search and include Closed/Sold Items
    wíth keywords: "commodore bounder disk".


    Here is winning bidders info as revealed by eBay:

    -------------------------------------------------
    30-Day Summary

    Total bids: 38
    Items bid on: 37
    Bid activity with this seller: 13%
    Bid retractions: 31
    Bid retractions (12 months): 75 -------------------------------------------------

    It seems to me that this guy/gal/gender X is pushing
    up retrogame prices. He/she/them has bid 38 times and
    RETRACTED 31 TIMES during the last 30 days!!!

    I have reported this issue to eBay.

    BEWARE OF EBAY FRAUDS, MY RETROCOLLECTING FRIENDS!!!

    br,
    KK

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  • From Kalevi Kolttonen@21:1/5 to Kalevi Kolttonen on Sun Aug 13 17:20:57 2023
    Kalevi Kolttonen <kalevi@kolttonen.fi> wrote:
    Man, I am *so* pissed off!

    My old Lemon64 account (www.lemon64.com) has been
    disabled, so I just created a new one.

    I will post this information on fraudulent eBay sellers
    to Lemon64 Commodore 64 forum as soon as the site
    admins have approved my new account request.

    br,
    KK

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