wrote:

When the bidding closed, there were 2 other bidders, one at $120
and the other one at $299. The second bidder has (0) bid history!
He and the seller signed up with eBay about 2 months apart, more
than 2 years ago. The seller did not have any eBay activities in
the last 14 months.

Since this seems like a typical shill bidding

$299 does seem an odd amount to bid, but you really don't have any
evidence that this is a shill.

How close to the end of the auction were these bids made? Isn't the
point of a shill bid to encourage other bidders? In which case, unless
they were made with at least a few hours to spare before the end of the
auction there wouldn't really be much point.

John
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