eBay accused of shilling in class action suit
General February 25th, 2005From the article:
For example, if a person with a $100 bid accepted the invitation to raise his maximum, the system in some cases would immediately raise the bid to $102.50 — even if no one else had bid in the meantime.
Personally, I would be pissed if this happened to me. The good news is, eBay has shown that it will fold like a cheap tent in the case of a major negative outcry (remember last month’s proposed fee increases). Look for this “problem” to be rectified shortly and keep looking in your mailbox for those 50 cent settlment checks.
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