relisting sold bikes on ebay??

carrock

Lovely s works roubaix for sale on ebay

Sold for £2035 with no reserve here.

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 617wt_1139

Then seller relisted the same item, same pics, same description, at £3500 buy it now, here

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 617wt_1139

Is this not illegal??

If I was the winning bidder at £2035, I'd be really hacked off. :?

Perhaps he should have set a reserve......

Evil Laugh

No way worth £3500.

ShutUpLegs

You have pm

fred22

ah the once sold bike now advertised on bike radar? http://www.bikeradar.com/road/forums/viewtopic.php?p=16722990#16722990

carrock

yes. as someone said, the winning bidder will be furious. I would be

roger1998roger

He's a busines seller on ebay, selling this bike on ebay as such. Are business sellers allowed to sell on here without paying advertising fees?

carrock

roger1998roger wrote:

He's a busines seller on ebay, selling this bike on ebay as such. Are business sellers allowed to sell on here without paying advertising fees?

Probably not-but thats the lesser of 2 evils. This site is fairly active in exposing shams, scams and dodgy dealings on ebay, and unfortunately pulling an item that has been sold an relisiting it because you didnt like the price, is a scam. all because he didnt want to pay the cost of setting a reserve.

roger1998roger

Probably why he did a private listing?

aclintern

I think EBay encourage disclosure of malpractice(s)

ShutUpLegs

carrock wrote:

yes. as someone said, the winning bidder will be furious. I would be

Unless it was 'shill bidded'?

redvee

ShutUpLegs wrote:

Unless it was 'shill bidded'?

Was thinking the same. Does seem to add up to a shill bid auction, private bids and a relist of sold bike. Ebay have been notified.