eBay’s recent decision to remove actual User IDs from the bid histories of auctions that reach $200 or more has many people concerned that the decision will encourage shill bidding on eBay. Here’s an interesting article from The Sunday Times about a UK Titanium PowerSeller who apparently admits to shill bidding and doesn’t believe eBay will do anything about it because of the renvenue he generates for them.

You can also listen to excerpts from the actual interview here and here.

What do you think? Is shill bidding more of a problem than most people realize, and will eBay’s new policy cause more harm than the good it may do?

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