My auto bit was bumped up by a fake bidder
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I had an auto bid, another bidder with an account was just created and kept increasing my bid by a small amount until my auto bid ran out and then their bid was withdrawn.
So my screen shot of the bids show that I have made the last few bids by myself.
The auto bidder increase the price from about $400 to $1300.
What do I do?
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MichelleTrade Me staff - Community team
Kia ora Mark, sorry to hear about your experience, shill bidding (bidding on your own listing to inflate the price) is something we take very seriously, it is illegal in New Zealand and a breach of our terms. You should get in touch with the team and ask them to look into the bidding on the auction.
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Callum Community SuperuserHello Mark. You can ask the seller to remove your bids to the point where the other account first outbid you.
If you believe it is the seller themselves who made those bids with a fake account you can Community Watch the auction and get Trade Me to take a look.
You can also request that Trade Me removes your bids if the seller doesn't or you don't think they will do so before the auction ends.
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