Query on Shilling

Trust No One® wrote:
> Hi all,
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> Would affected winning bidders have any legal recourse to reclaim from the
> seller the extra money they paid out due to his/her shilling activities?
>
> Any thoughts appreciated.
>

I'm not sure where you're located, since you crossposted to a UK group
but have a US email address, but in the US shilling is a federal
criminal offense, along with most other forms of auction price
manipulation. Doesn't mean it gets prosecuted very often, but it does
happen occasionally, generally in high dollar, high profile auctions.
It would definitely be actionable on a civil basis. Whether you could
establish that shilling existed in your auction, and whether you could
show sufficient damages to make it worth the effort, and whether you
could ever collect anything from the defendant if you were successful
are all entirely different matters. Keep in mind that eBay isn't a
court. All it has to do to kick someone off for shilling is to convince
themselves it's happening. They're the judge, jury and executioner.
The fact that someone was kicked off of eBay for shilling doesn't mean
that you could establish your case in a courtroom.

If you're in the UK, I have no idea what the laws would be.

"a. linklurker" <stay.in.your.se@remain.com> wrote in message
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> Ebay don't always permanently NARU the transgressor either.
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Sorry got to show my utter ignorance here as I've been wondering what the
answer to this question is for some time....
..... what does NARU stand for ?

"ScratUK" <ScratUK@here.now> wrote in message
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> "a. linklurker" <stay.in.your.se@remain.com> wrote in message
> news:BNQUa.141312$wk6.36857@rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att. net...
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> > Ebay don't always permanently NARU the transgressor either.
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> Sorry got to show my utter ignorance here as I've been wondering what the
> answer to this question is for some time....
> .... what does NARU stand for ?

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