Jane Neave's Hobbit on eBay

Thanks Trotter gggrrrrr

Just be wary of the potential for shill-bidding on this particular auction (as one should always be on eBay). I have purchased from this seller before, and whilst happy with the purchase (which was entirely as described), there was bid activity that *appeared* suspicious on that particular auction and on some of the prior auctions that I also examined at the time (looked like the same non-winning bidder on completely different genre books). It certainly looked a lot like shill-bidding up to a "reserve", and I actually went as far as to reporting my concern to eBay, but I have never heard of eBay doing anything about this particular problem (it makes them more money). Of course eBay has deliberately made it impossible to be certain, so it could conceivably have been entirely innocent and just a weird buyer buying randonly different non-cheap things from the same seller or even a different buyer with the same number of feedback points, etc.

Basically always assume that eBay auctions will be shilled, as it is endemic, and never bid more than you think something is worth, just because there are other users bidding.