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    Default Caught in shill bidding

    noel0715 is a damn shill bidder and a f***** crook !
    proof:
    http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/X68000-GAMES-A...mZ170359690030
    Check out the bidding history, only two bidders with the guy raising artificially the price having this profile:

    30-Day Summary
    Total bids: 453
    Items bid on: 16
    Bid activity (%) with this seller: 100%

    This same guy did this:
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359152669
    this (as bidder 10):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170355240276
    this (as bidder 4):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359149248
    this (as bidder 5):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359146720
    this (as bidder 6):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170358858863
    this (as bidder 3):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359141783
    this (as bidder 5):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359143943
    this (as bidder 6):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170358859991
    this (as bidder 4):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170358859249
    this (as bidder 4):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170358859984
    this (as bidder 8):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170358859993
    this (as bidder 3):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359147649
    this (as bidder 7):
    http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI...m=170359136341

    Please do like me and report the damn crook to ebay using this contact page and all the proofs I have just shown:
    http://contact.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISA...ntactUsNextGen
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    Every item I clicked on is way, way overpriced. Who would bid on such items? A Maizora Dreamcast for 1800 GBP (they usually go for half that)? A MegaCD for 200+ GBP?

    I hate dishonest sellers, but anyone paying those prices is asking to get ripped off.

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    Wow, now I see why you say this is shill bidding. It certainly looks that way.
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    All the users’ bids are with the same seller. Furthermore look at the number of times the user is bidding on the same lot, 64 times on one lot! This seller has some shady stuff going on.

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    This isn't the first time people have run into trouble with Noel. See this thread:
    http://www.digitpress.com/forum/showthread.php?t=133019

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    Apparently others have caught on:
    http://www.retrogamer.net/forum/view...hp?f=2&t=16262

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    This is absolutely shilling and nice work finding it out. Hopefully they'll give this guy the boot (not like he can't re-reg with a different bank account later).
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    Right now it's at 10,000 pounds!

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!
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    i'm pretty sure i recognise the photos in his Aiwa Mega CD auction from a previous eBay sale a while back. Despite the good feedback he's got, I can't help but have a slightly untoward feeling about some of these auctions ..
    "The last time a nation did what a bush told them to do, they ended up wandering 40 years in the wilderness ... " - Anonymous

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    Quote Originally Posted by megasdkirby View Post
    Right now it's at 10,000 pounds!

    HAHAHAHAHA!!!
    I must be a millionaire! A lot of terrible cheap games in that lot, a few good ones but even $1000 would be sorely pushing it (way overpriced).

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    And 1 more reason that Ebay is not a reliable price guide.
    "Game programmers are generally lazy individuals. That's right. It's true. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. Since the dawn of computer games, game programmers have looked for shortcuts to coolness." Kurt Arnlund - Game programmer for Activision, Accolade...

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    Well, the auction ended.

    How long before he relists?
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