Discovered a shady practice on ebay

[AZcraig]

I have bought a lot of items on ebay and assumed that a high number of ratings with 100% positive is a gold standard. Then I noticed a Rolex on ebay at a competitive price with a seller showing 217 ratings and 100% positive.

Next, I looked at the ratings details and saw 96 ratings in the last 30 days. Another good indication. I looked through the list of ratings "as a seller" and checked to make sure that there were high dollar items on the list. I don't want someone who usually sells Beanie Babies but now is selling a $50k Rolex.

What caught my eye was the discrepancy between the number of seller ratings (5 total) and the 96 ratings in the last 30 days mentioned earlier. So I go over to the ratings as a buyer and find 91 ratings, all positive of course, most of them are from one seller. In fact those items range from $1 to as low as 6 cents (with free shipping no less).

So this Rolex seller has stuffed the ballot box to get a high number of positive ratings. I have no idea whether the Rolex is genuine or even exists, but I would never deal with someone who is this dishonest.

Ebay listing 160840815563