Nice looking special in Jersey

[olebiker]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Yamaha-XS-XS-1100-1979-Yamaha-XS-1100_W0QQitemZ140247239180QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item140247239180&_trksid=p3286.m14.l1318

[65oldsboy]

I have been watching this bike for a few weeks. This bike/seller makes me nervous. He has RE-listed the bike 2 times after his reserve has been met in 2 separate auctions. There is a lot of zero feedback and private feedback bidding going on in this auction. The guy might be bidding on his own stuff to jack up the price. I hate that about ebay.

[olebiker]

Don't ebay toss you if they catch you doing that? I haven't ever bought a bike on ebay. I have been looking at an old connie through.

[65oldsboy]

Ebay will at least suspend you if there is PROOF that you are doing that. Usually someone looking to bid up their own stuff will get a friend to bid up the price or open an ebay account in another name and bid with that. In that case, there is no actual proof. If I see that strange bid amounts were made by someone with no feedback or private feedback, especially with bid retractions (to find out how high the previous bid is) I stay clear of these. Ebay can be a great source of hard to find stuff. (I bought my 65 Cutlass off of ebay.) It can also be abused.