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10-16-2012, 02:05 PM
Last night I noticed that on several cars, two people were running up bids to unusual levels. Yet it is clearly not shill bidding by the sellers.
In particular I found at least 6 3rd gen firebirds that were affected.
The bidders in question have 0 and 1 feedback but aren't brand new users.
the cars are maybe worth 2-4k MAX yet in a matter of an hour a rough basic 84 trans am was bid up to 6,300 between those 2. The same 2 also drove up prices of a trans am from 2000 to 5k. Right now between both of them, they are high bidders on at least 30 cars with prices of around 4-6k each. Their bid histories show bids on like 30 cars in the past 30 days, with only about 1/4 being pontiacs, so there are others i cant even find.
Even auctions where it was like a $100 bid and there was a reserve, they bid over 5000 right away in order to meet the reserve.
Now, I just don't see it being possible that 2 users, no feedback, are buying up every 3rd gen on ebay all across the united states.
here's one auction in question...(the 1st one that made me notice)
a damaged, salvage car..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Pontiac-Trans-Am-GTA-/230866068886?forcev4exp=true
I did call up customer service and notified ebay about what I found and they were thankful users report what they see.
I also emailed a seller of the 84 Trans am, (in NJ ironically) and let him know to check his bidders and their bidding trends on other auctions since they will probably fail to pay and its some type of scam. He did cancel there bids and now it is back down to $610 from the previous 5,000.
Any one ever see anything like this before?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-auto-cloth-/110963241344?forcev4exp=true
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-PONTIACFfIREBIRD-BLACK-ON-RED-/170925715411?forcev4exp=true
2nd gen... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-PONTAIC-TRANS-AM-FIREBIRD-/251166852258?forcev4exp=true
In particular I found at least 6 3rd gen firebirds that were affected.
The bidders in question have 0 and 1 feedback but aren't brand new users.
the cars are maybe worth 2-4k MAX yet in a matter of an hour a rough basic 84 trans am was bid up to 6,300 between those 2. The same 2 also drove up prices of a trans am from 2000 to 5k. Right now between both of them, they are high bidders on at least 30 cars with prices of around 4-6k each. Their bid histories show bids on like 30 cars in the past 30 days, with only about 1/4 being pontiacs, so there are others i cant even find.
Even auctions where it was like a $100 bid and there was a reserve, they bid over 5000 right away in order to meet the reserve.
Now, I just don't see it being possible that 2 users, no feedback, are buying up every 3rd gen on ebay all across the united states.
here's one auction in question...(the 1st one that made me notice)
a damaged, salvage car..
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1987-Pontiac-Trans-Am-GTA-/230866068886?forcev4exp=true
I did call up customer service and notified ebay about what I found and they were thankful users report what they see.
I also emailed a seller of the 84 Trans am, (in NJ ironically) and let him know to check his bidders and their bidding trends on other auctions since they will probably fail to pay and its some type of scam. He did cancel there bids and now it is back down to $610 from the previous 5,000.
Any one ever see anything like this before?
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1988-Pontiac-Firebird-Trans-Am-auto-cloth-/110963241344?forcev4exp=true
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-PONTIACFfIREBIRD-BLACK-ON-RED-/170925715411?forcev4exp=true
2nd gen... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/1976-PONTAIC-TRANS-AM-FIREBIRD-/251166852258?forcev4exp=true