Iconoclast421

How Donahoe Broke eBay

The shill bidding is pretty bad. It is absurd that they would make it so you cannot do any research on the bidding history of the person bidding against you. It would only take a couple minutes to see if they are a legit bidder. But if the act of shill bidding (combined with relisting) results in profits for ebay, then there is your motive, and I wouldnt expect it to change. I've pretty much stopped bidding nowadays. There usually is no point to it. Either they provide a decent fair price to "buy it now" or I find someone else, or I simply dont buy at all. Isnt it ironic that ebay's auction functionality is completely broken?