Paldi

Any advice? I bid on this car and now find out the seller's friend was padding up the bids and is the ultimate winner of the auction.

greenie

depending upon their rules and regs. There was no contractual agreement amongst you, the seller and ebay. What were your thoughts?

Paldi

however, since the shill buyer had made several bids earlier in the auction, I feel that contributed to my holding back. If I had done a "hail Mary" bid in the last minutes to try to win the car, I would seek the difference between my winning bid and the bid of the next highest bona fide bidder. I would seek damages against the shill bidder nd the seller. Punitive damages likely are available in Florida because of scams perpetrated against senior citizens there. Thank you for your thoughts, Mr. G.

PaulW

one word.....www.auctionsniper.com

Paldi

I don't think auctionsniper would have helped me in this case. The last bid on the car, by the seller again, was likely way over what I was willing to pay. The seller essentially bought his own car back rather then let it go at a low bid price.

Thanks for the lead on Auctionsniper. You posted about this service awhile back and I've saved the link. :-)<ul><li><a href="http://esnipe.com/">http://esnipe.com/</a</li></ul>

Jabberwock

and not just another interested bidder?

Paldi

Seller sent me a email admitting he used his friend to 'abort' the sale since the bids were less than he paid for the car and it was a no reserve auction. Said he couldn't cancel the sale himself because the power was out due to the hurricane - he had no computer link - he called his friend on the cell and had him make a high bid at the end and *buy* the car.<ul><li><a href="https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/74384.phtml">https://forums.audiworld.com/a8/msgs/74384.phtml</a</li></ul>

Jabberwock

What a putz! How stupid of him.