This trick got me banned from selling cars on eBay for life
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Rob hosts a radio show in Greenville, SC called "Hot Rods & Happy Hour" but he has worked in the car business all his life. When he got out of high school, he started selling cars on eBay for local dealers but eventually eBay took offense to some of his selling practices.
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So to summarize 10mins of video:
-Knowingly sold lemons on EBay
-Got dinged by negative feedback from sale of lemons
-Created fake accounts to artificially inflate his own feedback rating
-Scammed buyers by making fake bids with fake accounts
-Got banned for life
This guy is literally the reason why people are skeptical of buying off EBay
alexkg1 cause everyone else on eBay is on the up and up...
ffdtower1 Oh, so you're saying I can't murder people? Like nobody's ever murdered someone before. /S
This dude knows his stuff. Thinking about buying a car? Stay away from ebay.
It's not 10 minutes, it's 9:59 minutes.
alexkg1 thanks for saving me 10 minutes
Who’s came back to watch after you found out he passed away in August 2024
F cancer
😢
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This is so sad man
😢
Rob "Rabbit" Pitts. You shall be missed in the coming days. We will never forget you.
What better way to remember him than to go back to the beginning?
Well, if he isn’t the stereotypical used car dealer personified.
*used car dealer amplified
Such a scum bag
Ebay hates him, find out how he sold dozens of cars with one simple trick
How? Watch the free video
That "simple trick" is called shill bidding, and has gotten at least two auctioneers in NJ sent to prison for fraud in the last twenty years, when done in "meatspace".
“Ebay hates him, prisons want him! Find out how you can be America’s next fugitive! But remember to save the money you “earn” for your legal defense!”
Lol *vaseline on fingertip*
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This guy is a great salesman but this is why I'm not in car wholesaling anymore. Car dealers see nothing wrong with almost every immoral, unethical, or illegal tactic as long as they're making money. I literally sat at the auction one sale day and listened to two car dealers talk about how much profit they've made ripping off their own mothers on car deals.
I'm no fan of salesmen of any kind - most don't have a clue about what they're selling which I consider a pretty fundamental requirement. But I have to say, buyers are often no better in terms of morality or honesty. There's apparently a saying in the car sales world - "Buyers are liars".
@@TonyRule I've never heard that term...
@@Cammmmeron The "buyers are liars" saying is due to clients giving buying signals, or even saying I want to go with this car but want to talk with my wife/husband first and then go ghost. Also when the client lies about their credit history.
@@WCARomans777 haha okay yeah now I see, at the dealership I'm at I've never heard someone use that term but it definitely fits haha I will say we all do joke about that... gotta love the "what APR will you guys give me", sir it depends on your credit and... "my credit is perfect"... credit check comes back, garbage hahaha classic or when they tie you up for hours and then play the wife card haha
@@Cammmmeron "I got to check with the F&I office" *customer blames you and says your just stalling*........ seriously, i worked in customer service for 13 years and a majority of customers are just pissed off idiots with a superiority complex... I personally like the lawyers and doctors who think having a degree makes them instantly more smarter and ,just like the scarecrow from wizard of oz, they still don't know the difference between a right triangle and an isosceles.
to the rest of the commenters
when it comes to sales, if you let them walk out the door, you lost them. most people with no credit going to buy a car are going to get a 16k car with the apr for 66 months and end up paying 36k... at the end of the day, who the fucks going to walk outside and not realize that buying a 16k car for 36k is a stupid idea.
its not that we're trying to be shady, were doing what we can, but your not giving us much to work with.
Best stories teller in a long time, he will be missed RIP Rob
Sellers like Rob were so common in the day. Part of my practice in bidding was to look at a sellers history. If I saw the $.99 items in abundance pumping up the score I wouldn't bid. Ebay is more expensive today than it was in the early 2000's but it's also much better without sellers like this.
And sometimes I would look at the bid history of those odd reviews. The fakes were so easy to spot back then
Right up there with ole high school diploma 😂😂😂 i cant stop laughing
Ahhh haha
5:12
That isn't a "trick", it's called shill bidding and he is lucky he didn't get prosecuted for it.
bring a trailer does it all the time
@@festungkurland9804 If you can prove it, collect your evidence and submit it to the department of justice for a complaint of wire fraud.
"You can be charged under 18 U.S. Code Section 1343 for wire fraud. Shill bidding is considered a kind of wire fraud, which is a federal offense. According to Section 1343 of 18 U.S. Code, you can get up to two decades of a prison sentence. "
@@InItForTheParking Except that the statute of limitations has expired already (5 years, 10 if it involves a financial institution)
@@Mjws2907 First of all, it depends on the state that prosecutes since it was online is therefore interstate commerce. And it would depend on what class the crime committed is considered in that state.
Second, did I say he was lucky that he isn't being prosecuted, or lucky that he wasn't...as in past tense?
Maybe read before you try to be a smart ass on a year old comment.
InItForTheParking greed greed greed. He wasn’t satisfied with the amount of cars he was selling.
Going to listen to all of these.
I will miss this dude's voice, his stories, his smile and Witt.
We lost this man, but we will always have these memories.
Glad I'm not alone in this today
RIP Rabbit.....you are missed
I've been on eBay for almost 20 years. Over that time, I've seen the playing field tilted strongly toward the buyer, and it's more burdensome to sell than it used to be. I suspect the reason may be people like this guy.
100% agree. When Ebay first started I would go to yard sales and buy stuff and flip it on Ebay and made decent money but then they jacked their fees up and Paypay fees went up it ate up all the profits.
I had a guy buy an item AS-IS from Canada and because USCBP damaged the item he complained to eBay and I was forced to deduct money from the sales purchase to accommodate the buyer.
I had a box loaded with the item and its carrying case and had so much crumpled up newspaper inside the box that it wasn't moving anywhere inside the box
Most, including myself, will say the opposite. I will only buy inexpensive electronic parts off eBay. Other than that, I won't play. Too hard to tell who are the bigger scammers, the sellers or eBay.
@@puffykonez I was burned selling an Xbox one in a similar fashion. Just repaired it, factory reset, tested it for about a week. Sold it, USPS damaged it, was forced to issue an entire refund. No return of product either. I was pretty green at the time, and now I know the steps to help prevent the loss, but still sucked.
K. Chris Caldwell the buyers. You can open a case up and get your money back, no questions asked. You can use the item for a month. You don’t even have to return the same item back. Hell, you can send back a brick. Ebay takes buyers side 99.9% of the time. Only a lazy idiot can get scammed on eBay.
This guy is a decent storyteller and i was ready to leap to his defense until he casually admitted to fraud.
-this trick- _fraud_ got me banned from ebay
so, uh, nevermind.
Used car salesman named 'Rob'? Whoa!
Yes. I just listened to his high school entrepreneur video where he admitted to lying to his teachers, the principal, the elderly lady across the street…..fascinating storyteller but a little shady on the ethics.
Yep, proxy bidding on eBay or in a live auction is CORRUPT but, unfortunately like here, it happens all the time. I sold an Acura TL on eBay back in 2006 myself. In fact, I used to sell a LOT of stuff on eBay but like many here I quit after one buyer tried to screw me back in 2015 (I think) and eBay did everything they could to make it MY problem. I got PROOF from the delivery company that the item had been delivered and SIGNED for by someone at the address. The buyer claimed it was "stolen off his porch". eBay backed him but paypal verified the delivery and backed me. Never did business with eBay again after that
Stole an Acura TL off your porch
Pretty sure that's two separate transactions
@@randyoehlert5045 the sheer size of the porch I can only imagine
@Randy Oehlert the TL was 2006 since yall can't read. It was a different item.
@@exitmygamekid3007 2 car porchage
"Scamming people got me banned from selling cars on Ebay for life" would've been a better title.
I don't know on cars I look at what this dude did as a negotiation over bids lol. The people didn't have to keep bidding on a car if it was to high for them. Is it scummy? Yeah, but thats about it.
@@pxpin89 It's wire fraud under US statue to place proxy bids on any auction.
@@pxpin89 It's irrelevant what you "look at it" as, shill bidding is fraud under US statute.
@@dunebasher1971 Not when he did it, it wasn't regulated. Also you can have shill bidders outside the US that wouldn't be affect by our laws. Have you ever been online? You know its more then the US on here right?
@@dunebasher1971 it wasnt a law until years after he was banned so your complaint is irrelevant
Let me correct the title for you: "Committing felony fraud got me banned from selling on eBay for life!"
I agree. I watched this expecting a clever trick- Like buying misspelled items, etc. But he was scamming people, so happy he is banned for life
Good to know eBay does some housekeeping.
Lol everyone does that
People like this guy are why I dont take people seriously when they say "they're going for (insert a random amount) on ebay!!"
May I introduce you to Copart. Nothing has changed.
He talks about E Bay as if they are in the wrong.
When infact all his practices were aimed at deceiveing the buying public,ie me and you.
Well done eBay I say.
A Fool With A Tool yeah ebay probably should have pursued legal action! This is straight up felony fraud, pure and simple
He is the wrong, but it's also true there are some realities of business that a strict and outdated 'feedback' system doesn't really do to protect those just trying to sell cars.
"I bought this used for $8,000 less than I would have at a certified pre-owned dealership, runs great, but I don't like the fact one of the brake lights was out when I drove it away...1 Star, will never do business again"
Kinda silly when you think about it. Doesn't justify necessarily what he did, but when you don't have a bunch of employees, and no brick and mortar location, and you're trying to make a living off a platform that does nothing to protect or promote you...sometimes you might have to fudge a few things to make a profit.
This is 100% true, dude is in the wrong, but how many people have you met in life that are total entitled assholes soon as money is involved? The customer isn't ALWAYS right. If ebay would review and protect sellers every once in a while they wouldn't be encouraging bad sellers to work the system.
nonya biz there's buyer feedback just the same as seller feedback, isn't there? To identify problem customers? And there's a difference between a customer occasionally acting "entitled" which sounds like an attitude problem and a seller consistently committing systematic wire fraud.
Not back in the mid-2000s.
Rip rabbit, you’re the reason i found this channel and was able to follow the things you did, you’ll be remembered by nothing less than amazing stories & memories full of joy!
This guy could sell the devil a soul lol
Keith Ashford not on eBay, though. Lol
@Keith Ashford
The only problem is, it would probably be one of *OURS* !
I bet he already has
He could sell the devil a soul he already owns.
a kia soul maybe. but this guy doesn't have a human soul to sell, he is a car dealer
very entertaining, but bidding on your own stuff is a realy shitty practice
yeah it was banned from day 1, known as "shill bidding"...got one great car on Ebay, one pretty so so, but don't spend more than you can lose in any situation
You seem to have conveniently left out the part about shill bidding being a class D felony. Can't imagine why eBay would have an issue with that!!
But did he say “ A/C blows ice cold”?
Next time you sell a car pur "A/C blows cold ice" and see if anyone noticed, put an ice tray infront of the vents.
Just needs a shot of freon
Haha, My FIL bought a car with this exact line. Turns out the compressor was fucked, so there is no way in hell it blew anything!
@@cardiffgiant9406 blew hot air
man his story’s will be miss forever!! RIP LEGEND
Rob "bumping up" the bids on a car is called shill bidding...and its nice to see ebay getting him out..
So, this guy was an auction cheater AND he's proud of it??!! Gee, what a surprise...he's a car salesman.
mtnbiker014 Ain’t that true, really no exceptions for the car salesman, all unscrupulous.
Harold, that's not actually true. A few years ago, I found an honest used car salesman...and ended up with a beautiful '99 Volvo AWD. As it happens, he uses the same repair shop that I do, and takes the cars he buys at auction there, to find out what, if any, problems it has...then shows this info to prospective buyers.
My Volvo eventually died, but only because I ignored a serious problem that cropped up several years after I bought it...makes me feel really stupid.
WORMWOOD!!!!
Why is he bragging about being awful?
"Here's how the whole system works, do not, under any circumstances, use this information"
The wolf of Ebay
Madern Funny!
Seriously! Same exact technique!
Madern goat
The avoid sellers of ebay, AKA scammers
I cant believe how candid this guy was about his dishonest practice. There was almost a sense of pride. How is it that people dealing in cars lose their moral compass?
greed. i had the British owner of 3 prominent Volkswagen dealers in Chicago admit to me and a mechanic he sold me a CPO car with a bad clutch and transmission. There's no shame, just greed.
chicago... full scammers
Wake up mate he is exposing how eBay is a flawed system , I suppose you missed that in your “my god how could this happen rant”
Well, basically because criminals, which Pitts IS, have no moral compass in the first place. They look at it as, "If you're stupid enough to fall for their con job, that's 'your' fault, shame on you for thinking people will be honest". That's HOW they do it, and that's WHY they do it. Pitts should be in prison, really.
Fact is, there is no actual money in cars. It's just bullshit and finance. The biggest crooks actually make and sell new cars. Look how they've convinced Americans that they need a new car every 2.5 years and should take out an average loan of $55k to get one that will be worth less than $30k before they can even put that first fart into the upholstery. The whole industry is a scam and this guy is just a bottom feeder.
RIP Rabbit..
I just wanted to come here and thank you for all of the memories, the laughs, and the good times.
We won't ever forget you brother.
Coming back to this video because this is how i found Rabbit. Rest in peace man. Your storytelling and stories will be sorely missed.
Ebay would be like Amazon today if they didn't get greedy with their fees and screw up the feedback system in the early to mid 2000's. I used to buy and sell a lot of different merchandise until they got greedy. Haven't been to eBay in years. Good story, Rob.
Yeah,they suck!
so he got banned because he isa sheister, a bid shiller, and a ripoff con man in general? he is what wrecked ebay and he is the reason that honest vendors like me stopped selling on ebay. He is also the reason that nobody should ever buy a car off ebay.
i agree a complete crook should have served jail time
Yep, I love a lot of the deals I've gotten on eBay, but most I know are afraid to use the platform still to this day because of how much fraud and scams have deflated the name of it. My father-in-law, for example, finds items he likes, makes a list, and then has me place the order for him, which is smart, that way I can check it out and make sure its legit, and I also know the rules a bit better. I mean really, eBay is now very muchso catered in the buyer's favor so I don't think the fear is really necessary, but there's always someone pulling off some scam on these platforms (even Amazon has been getting hit with tons of scam sellers lately).
Phillip Killion as a small time car parts seller on eBay, it is hard to scam someone as a seller. eBay will side with the 99.9% of the time and take their word for everything. (Not saying I’ve tried to scam, just been scammed. )
@K Dash he is?
RIP….. Race in Peace Rob . Legend 🍻
R.I.P Rabbit, the Ebay Bandit, Pitts!
"If you tell me something that intrigues me, I'm gunna research the hell out of it." I'm the EXACT same way. Would really like to hear more from this guy.
I did the same thing, Power Seller and everything twice over. My work around was using my friends names, and their bank accounts, and their accounts that I had set up for them. I must of had about 55 ebay accounts at one time ... Can't bullshit a bullshitter, I will find a way LOL
I wish I was that way. I hate myself because I have zero drive or ambition, but I'm intelligent enough to recognize the fact that I'm just a lazy POS.
zack blum 😂😂
Same thing
did the IRS send your friends a little letter asking for an explanation? So you have at least 55 friends that will let you use there bank account and SS number? Do you know what the feds do with smart guys like you? You will at the very least be one of those guys dodging leans and living in a trailer in Oklahoma. Or 55 cases will get you federal jail.
Banned from Ebay is better than thrown in jail for the illegal stuff he was doing.
Nakian it's not illegal to open a second account and up the bid numb nuts! Learn the difference between bending corporations rules a breaking the law.
Colin Johnston. It's shill bidding which is illegal and can be considered wire fraud. Maybe you should do some research. Hell just read the comments, there's people who have cited the specific laws.
Nakian it's not fraud
@@colinjohnston8519 you do realized thats HIGHLY illegal you idiot...
@@technologyproductions-ye3px it's 100% fraud
He had a great thing going legitimately. And got greedy. Geez, sounds just like eBay! You deserve each other.
Victor Murat mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmo
Crooked dealers protected by eBay.
Omg. Are you jealous. I dont like ebay either. But it seems your a daydreamer that wont make a move. Just my opinion. Dont get mad.
If he probably did it today he would have been in the clear!
I used to do that to my own bids in the late 90s - early 2000s.
HOWEVER, I hate that they removed the ability to comment on feedback - I think the people on there now (last 10 years) are better than what it was before.
the "trick" being, "shill bidding" and deceptive fraudulent feedback.... LOL.... he's a likable guy though.
likable guy but malice running thru the veins. i've had dozens of "friends" just like this pos. believe me, they always seem likable. he's lucky he only got booted off eBay and nobody ever came looking for him, including the Feds.
No he isn't
Its business.
Don't like it? Change it.
Aren’t all scammers lmao
Space Cadet So now being a scammer is business? Good to know.
I am glad they banned you. Fake bidding ruins auctions.
I'm torn between admiring his go-get-it initiative and wishing he saw some jail time. I simply don't have it in my soul to intentionally cheat people (I can honestly say in my 60 years of life I have never done so), and it makes me angry that there are those that not only make a game out of it but actually find it fun. I've times where I finally scraped together enough funds to responsibly bid on a piece of equipment badly needed only to have some Jerk use an underhanded play to deny that purchase at the last minute, when I set an upper limit that is all I can spend. You should be banned for life.
Bless ya! God loves a tryer! I kinda get the impression you might be labouring under the misapprehension the Ferderal Reserve is actually Ferderal in reality as well! The law is for the law abiding! Them that invent it also know there's a back door to it!
Just heard about Rabbit. R.I.P. Gone but not forgotten.
Godspeed Rabbit! you will be missed for years to come.
.
That's not a trick. That's fraud. It's illegal.
Its not fraud. Its not illegal
@@KeepingitReal4it's a felony actually, shill bidding
Rob is a very entertaining guy. He and his co-host interviewed me about the Cannonball record a few months ago and I have enjoyed hearing his car stories since then. He has some great ones.
Ed Bolian GOODMORNING, DAD.
Ed Bolian marry me?
He is like you with stories Ed. Could watch you guys for ever
Would you say that Rob is a shrewd negotiator?
pdavid24 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Well now you can sell again. You paid your life sentence off. RIP Rabbit!
Rest in peace Rabbit. Some of my favorite stories on this channel were yours. I'm glad these awesome memories of yours will live on.
"People don't trade in perfectly good cars, as a rule" - truth
Gus Kipper lol my sister had an fx45 Infiniti a couple years back and it consumed a gallon of oil every couple weeks and smoked blue like no other.I think we got 6g's of So for the trade in value
People who need a newer ride to outdo the neighbor's will sometimes bring in perfectly good cars tho, haha...
Or they just want a different car. I know rich guys who trade in their exotic cars every 4 months, so they get to try a new one, without taking a hit on a depreciation ... and they always have a new exotic car ... that never has a 2 year service issue that breaks apart and cost $20,000 to fix ....
danger450
That too. Also it's not unusual for older folk to realize their dream car is actually harsh riding and not very comfortable so they trade it in for something milder.
Gus Kipper actually we see quite a few cars come through that people just trade on a newer model tax is a major reason
So you scammed people? Of course you got banned
RIP RABBIT 😢
Rewatching to show my wife. This is our first video ❤
This guy can sell ice to penguins in Antartica.
This guy could have sold me ice in Alaska with that smokers voice good god sir ur awesome
Mike Arredondo Sorry
Hahahahaha
Mike Arredondo why the hell do I have a smoker voice tho...
IM 14 YEARS OLD!!!!
sidehop are you from Ak? I barely see anyone from here,
Spawnpeeking Jäger Put the tobacco down
Rest in Peace Rabbit.. Your stories will never be forgotten
The rest easy soldier. You ain't got to fight anymore. Big love 🤙🙏🤙
Good watch. I've had the same account for over 10 years and perfect seller feedback, product of honest hard work, not multiple accounts.
I use eBay seldomly and only for inexpensive items. Simply because I don't like doing business online. And a lot of these folks are why. Scam artists. Fraudsters. In the guise of being "good businessmen". No wonder a lot of people refer to eBay as FleaBay. Glad to year you're honest.
And not one single buyer has tried to screw you over or used the threat of negative feedback to blackmail you? And these claims of unblemished sellers accounts aren't made by ebay employees are they?😉
I've been through it all, had a few negative feedbacks initially but you do what you have to do to make it work. I sell a ton off of Ebay too.
6ettinold oh I've had my fair share of eBay blackmail, but policies have changed over the past decade. Feedback extortion is now a punishable offense. Anyone who even hints at it gets their disputes closed out in my favor, and their negative feedback pulled.
Raven Feather (loon
I love this guy. I bet he’s full of great stories, have him on more please
We will. Thank you!
Yeah he's full of something
Sure as long as it is from a prison cell
Jordan Herwig ya, most criminals have great stories.
No one forced people to buy cars and its not like he was ripping them off.
This is like running out of Walmart with a cart load of stuff and then saying "I saved so much money using this" trick"! "
That's not a trick. You're just a slimey car dealer
@Othership Adventures
Hey. It's WALMART. No need to RUN. (But they got you on video, so they'll just swing by the address on your vehicle registration with a still shot of the video to make sure it's you they give the nice set of matching bracelets to.)
LOL.
We will miss ya big guy.
So, he was confessing to fraud, and a few other criminal practices on a video, and was smiling and bragging about the whole thing? I heard several confessions that could easily get him jail time if not for Statutes of Limitations. He is not some kind of net hero, he is a criminal. Nothing romantic about it, he is just another thief and con-man.
Granted what I did when I was 20 years old was a shady unethical business practice. I have moved on to much larger rewarding ventures like hosting automotive events while raising over 100k dollars for charities and organizations last year alone (at no cost to them) and I'm also the host of an automotive talk radio show that is heard by hundreds of thousands around the world weekly . This is a story for entertainment purposes .
Did you ever go back and make things right with the people you screwed over?
@@rabbits_used_carsSo? What point are you trying to make it justify?
So eBay forced you stop committing fraud. Good for them.
then again thats not their job. thats the FBI's. same with roblox too and even facebook
Understanding eBay's vendor rating system is not fraud. In fact, it's not even fraud to sell things at a low price to cultivate a high score product that's just good business. Fraud wouldn't start until there's deliberately and substantially dishonest representations, and it sounds like rabbit's a pretty stand-up kind of guy, so it's not like an inflated good sales rating misrepresents what he's like, it's just a mere exaggeration.
@@unclejoeoakland Shill bidding, which he did, is infact fraud and a felony.
@@unclejoeoakland Did you actually watch the video? He was bidding on his cars with his fake ebay accounts in an attempt increase the prices. That's fraud and a scumbag move.
@@unclejoeoakland
you're conveniently glossing over when he bid on his own auctions to inflate the ultimate sale price.
Rest in Peace brother
Love it or hate it, Rabbit was a hustler who knew how to capitalize.
'this trick'
Dude, you were trying to scam people. You're lucky it was ebay because what you did was illegal in many states at actual auctions :-/
Still illegal, he got lucky. Ebay could have easily sued him after informing the feds/state Ebay is based in.
I’m not a car guy, but you don’t have to be to smell this guys bullshit! He is so full of shit he could fertilize the entire Southern Hemisphere.
Ryan D- hes a used car salesman.
The way he said the cars he sold, is like the way that guy from joe dirt describes fireworks.
OMFG.... LOLLLLLLLLLLLL
I don't get it... someone explain please
J M A C Lmao can you share a link to that?
czcams.com/video/suvJai5IC6c/video.html
J M A C lol thanks bro 😁
Watching this, it’s very hard to believe that Rabbit is no longer with us.
Yeah, this is some kind of fraud against the buyers who relied on Ebay's rules that sellers can't bid against the buyers. Buyers likely paid extra money to this asshole because of his fraudulent acts. This guy misrepresented his auctions to gain an illegal advantage over buyers.
You know its bad when not only does the mild mannered Leonard French weigh in, but calls you an asshole too.
@Kimber 10MM that doesn't justifying scamming people you chode
@@chrismp006 Did you read what he said - he considers this guy part of the problem. EBay over corrected and now let's buyers like this jerk cheat sellers. That's why I avoid ebay.
So what you're telling me is, you could have another person who is not the seller bid and it would be legal
I used to work for PayPal.
They got you from switching accounts and bidding your auctions up from the same ip address. Not rocket science
New a used car dealer that outsmart this...he was also a real estate investor that owned 22 furnished beachfront summer rental condos and would use the furnished PCs and internet connections in each condo during the fall and winter and when they weren’t rented out to push up his bids from different IP addresses. Karma got him in the end though and he died in 2012 from a pain pill overdose at the age of 38.
@Nick H
Seriously, dude? Even after he MOVED!?! I suspect it was the flash cookies eBay likes to leave behind on everyone's computers...
@Red Nexican Yeah.
I like buying on Ebay, I totally support their actions. I cannot tolerate scammers that inflate biddings or feedback. I'm sorry you had to read a 605 pages book to work it out. I learned the pitfall right away, thus I have reported every single scammer I find and I'm proud of it. Next time social responsibility pays better.
Rest in Peace Rob, so glad you were saved by Christ 🙏🏻
RIP Robb. Your stories were the best
It's good EBay stays on top of these scammers.
A 9:59 minute video? What a legend!
The most underrated comment of the year.
Playback speed 1.5x makes it better
Cuba 76 He was referring to the fact that 10 min gets you AdSense revenue... But it's 9:59
Like 8 years ago when the video lenght limit was 10:59
DaRealCarlos \ d
Well the ban has expired
I could listen to this dude recount his life story even if it was about becoming the first actuary to die of boredom and still love it. It is something to do with the cadence and the tone. Crazy good stuff! Thanks Rabbit.
It can across and pretentious and affected to me. And you can tell that he practises a lot. He's even memorised the EBay address from one, certified letter.
I could listen him tell a story about anything, he has such an engaging speaking manner
Probably why he’s such a good salesman.
Thanks for coming by Rob! Glad you were able to land on your feet after this setback.
Yeah thanks for coming by and telling us how you cheat people out of money! Maybe you can have MS13 on next week to talk about how they steal peoples cars and turn it in to profits?
Chauncy Prime get the fuck over yourself you piece of shit. Fuck you.
lol, don't go all wounded knee on us kemosabe
It is called shill bidding and is federally illegal so yeah...
So in nowadays Scams and lies are called Tricks - who knew ...
RIP Rabbit.
Rest in peace eBay Outlaw. You were truly the greatest storyteller.
Definitely missed watching VINwiki for a couple of days. This video more than made up for it.Thanks guys!
Hope you had a very Merry Christmas!
I did, thanks you. I hope yours was equally as wonderful. Cheers to a new year, Mr.Bolian.
I was on board with this guy until his trick turned out to be a pretty scummy thing to do.
same.
Almost every “power seller” has done same thing on ebay.
especially chinese sellers
So true. I wish I could give you 10 likes for your comment.
doesn't make it right.
RIP Rob. Thank you for the wonderful stories
VINwiki can I suggest that you make playlists by the storyteller .. e.g if I am a new follower and want to watch All Ed's videos it would be easier to watch a play list rather than going through each video on the channel trying to find the ones u want to see .. so please sort the videos into play lists by the names of the story tellers. THanks
There is a playlist of Ed videos.
VINwiki yes but of others as well .. like Joe from Xtreme Xperience and others as well
I appreciate that. We will look into the best ways to package the videos. Great tip.
thnx Ed.. love your channel
Ditto on Ed..My GF HATES..I mean HATES anything car related, but will watch ed's videos lol..Liked the kimmy story
Got banned for scamming ebay. Good.
Fuck off. Thier feedback system sucks.
Definition of a legend. RIP Rabbit.
Rest in peace rabbit this was the video that made me start watching vinwiki and RUC once that channel started your stories always taught me something or made me laugh
His voice is like tangy silk scarf that will cure athlete's foot, but will also slap your mom if she make a bad spaghetti.
Lmao
Rob gives you a real run for your money, Ed, with regard to telling a great story. Nevertheless, Kimmy’s your ace up the sleeve.
Rob, I’m your Huckleberry! Do your eBay sales through me! I’ve got a feeling it’ll be the equivalent of an MBA.
RIP RABBIT! The beginning and the only reason I’m even subscribed to VinWiki
RIP Rob, you were an awesome story teller
So basically shill bidding. Bidding on your own auctions is illegal. Hardly a 'trick'. Nice clickbait title I guess.
For real. This sleeze ball should not have told this story on here
It wasn't illegal till 2006, this was set before then. (Edit; Im an idiot, ignore this)
Shill bidding is a federal offense and goes back to at least the 1950s. Ebay's TOS may have been updated in 2006, but in the eyes of the Feds, it is wire fraud and people get prison sentences for it. 18 USC 1343.
Ahh crap, my mistake, sorry bout that.
Statute of limitations. That's why he can talk about it now.
Short version: Banned for fraud.
RIP ROB PITTS
Rest in Peace Mr. Rabbit. You will be dearly, dearly missed.
VinWiki: A open display of: Shady salesman practices (all of them), scam artists, all very proud of their accomplishments.
To be fair they also share how they get burned.
Well I mean they are salesmen the job description isnt to be up standing mortally righteous individual's it's to make money
MaxSantos atleast they tell you, unlike your local dealers
MrSporkdude yup the goal is to sell the car 😂 no one sells the car being 100% truthful. Literally every sales person weather it be new tech old tech new cars used cars even if they think there not screwing you there still gonna use sales tactics for you to buy the car 💁
Don’t think one guy on vinwiki is an accurate representation of vinwiki as a whole.
"This trick got me banned for life"
Ok, so then we probably shouldn't use this trick?
Rest in peace Rabbit 🙏
Really great story, and a great storyteller too, but remind me to never buy a car from this guy! he would have been fine if he hadn't have gotten greedy... Fake accounts to boost feedback, shill bidding, that's illegal!
So he's basically one of those people that turned me off of ever buying a car on ebay. Isn't what he did considered illegal? Kind of a sleazy tactic if I say so myself..
Yes, illegal Federal law. Might as well hear stories about financial success made by bashing in windows with a brick and stealing merchandise, selling drugs, or pimping.
Ryder21 lol
yes shill bidding is fraud
Ryder21 a dishonest used car salesman? I just can't believe it.
Yes and No. If I see a car, bid, and it goes above what I want to pay...then I don't pay. If you keep bidding...your fault. Illegal? Yes, because you can create artificial demand.