Belt Auction

i have accidently a few days ago done shill bidding on ebay and i have be restricted on the ebay acount for 14

days can some one help and tell me what i have to due during the 14 day restricsion on the ebay account thankyou

Public Comments

1. Nothing for 14 days ( If I understand your question)
2. Honey, you need to go back to eBay and do the little tutorial about shill bidding, read it carefully and remember it! I ran through it myself, its quite educational. I only buy stuff, I've never sold anything, and I don't know any sellers. Let me explain: Joe is selling his Mustang for $600, but he really wants $1,000. When a prospective buyer comes around he has his buddy come and pretend to want the car too, so the two "buyers" will try to outbid each other, with the accomplice finally giving up when his friend gets the price he wants. here are some examples from eBay: Below are several examples in which shill bidding has taken place. Shill bidding can take place in other situations than those illustrated here. Remember, the key issues determining shill bidding are manipulation of price or desirability, or bidding by individuals with a level of access to the seller’s item information not available to the general Community. Jean operates a very successful business auctioning items on eBay. Ben, an employee of Jean's, wants to purchase several of the items offered by Jean and places bids on those items. Even though Ben really wants to buy the items, his special access to information not available to the general Community creates an inherent, unfair advantage. John is selling his extra MP3 player on eBay. During the auction John’s girlfriend, Jane, places a bid on the MP3 player even though she does not intend to buy the MP3 player. The MP3 player is won by a third person, Bob, whose bid is $5 higher than Jane’s. Sally is selling her car on eBay. During the auction, Sally becomes worried that her car might sell for less than the amount she is hoping to receive. To ensure that no bidder can win her car for less than the price she has in mind, Sally uses another eBay account to place bids on her own car, increasing the volume of bidding and raising the price to the level she feels is "fair." Bob is a high-volume seller on eBay, who wants to be sure that he never sells at a loss. Rather than use eBay’s "Reserve Price" feature to set his minimum sale prices, Bob has an associate place bids on his auctions... in effect, setting a "hidden" reserve price. If you knowingly did these things, you need to be a man and take responsibility. If you think you were wrongly accused, contact eBay immediately and explain your side of the story. The longer you wait, the worse it looks on you. If it's your first offense, once you do what they asked they will reinstate your account, but just don't do it again. It's only two weeks, it will pass eventually, panicking over it will not make it go any faster. Just handle it like any of life's problems: deal with it, learn from it and move on. Go here: http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/seller-shill-bidding.html Also, check out this article: http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2004/nov/nov8a_04.html