Shill Bidding is bidding that artificially increases an item’s price or apparent desirability, or bidding by individuals with a level of access to the seller’s item information not available to the general Community. Shill Bidding is prohibited on Biker Bids. If it has been determined by the Biker Bids Management that a member has commented a Shill Bid, the member will be contacted via email and/or private messaging system for a response to the shill bid allegation. If Biker Bids management does not receive a response to the first contact, Biker Bids reserves the right to suspend the members account immediately.

In addition to the account suspension, Biker Bids reserves the right to substantially limit the account privileges for any member who has committed "Shill Bidding". Biker Bids may impose any or all of the following as a means of limiting a member’s account who is in violation of this policy.

1) Biker Bids will not refund any fees associated with the offending member’s listings which have been removed or suspended.

2) Account membership may be placed into a 30 day probationary period to be determined by the Biker Bids management team. The member will be notified via email regarding the specifics.

3) Any contest standings will become null and void upon the determination of a shill bid being made and said members will be excluded from participating in site contests for a period of 30 days from the date of suspension.

Because family members, friends, employees of sellers have a level of access to item information which is not available to the general public, they are not permitted to bid on items offered by the seller – even if their sole intent is to purchase the item. Family members, friends or employees may purchase items from a seller without violating this policy simply by using purchase options – such as the Biker Bids Buy Out – which do not involve bidding.

We strongly encourage sellers with employees to ensure that their employees are aware of this policy and the possible consequences of violation.

If you believe that another member is artificially raising the price or desirability of an item by shill bidding please report it to us. Please be sure to provide the user IDs and the listing number in question.

If you have an additional question about this subject, please use the Contact Us page.

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