This is what shill bidding looks like, right?

EAsports

charrigan

Could be, though not dispositive. Looks like you would have been fine if you had sniped.

Dpeck100

This looks like typical final bidding other then the bid percentage.


Is this a popular seller?

EAsports

Seller looks okay (3500+ feedback, member since 97).

It was the bid percentage that looked really wacky to me.

grote15

Oout of 141 total bids placed, this bidder placed 127 with this one seller. That's a pretty revealing stat right there, though shilling a $14 item would be pretty extreme.

ETA: Maybe this bidder just really really likes this seller.

EAsports

It's a case break, so I'd assume there's some minimum breakeven point that every seller is trying to hit.

Dpeck100

Not sure why someone would shill a card at this price point with a $2 bump but it could easily happen.

Do a search by the sellers recent sales and see if you see what appears to be abnormal bidding activity.

EAsports

I checked recent sales. Didn't see anything that jumped out.

It looked like the underbidder was bidding on this case break specifically. He was bidding $9.00 and $12.00 on every auction.

Dunno.

PM770

Look like shilling to me. He went until he knew what your final bid was - he knew could have won it at $14.47 but stoped at that point.

mtcards

Everyone remember the thread a week or so ago about people selling low value cards with free shipping for under a buck?

Guess what that does...builds your feedback..

Why you ask? So you can shill your own auctions with a high FB account instead of the suspicious low FB accounts