The surest way to know that a shill is working an auction is that the top bidder consistently retracts his bid, leaving the underbidder as the high bidder.
This has been harder to spot since eBay started masking bidders' names,which was done to fix a different kind of fraud.
As a buyer the way to combat this is to bid late (with a last second snipe, possibly electronic) bid once and bid your maximum,leaving no time for the shill to bid you up.
Can I recoup any of my money back?
Not if the auction was shilled.
You are deemed to have bid of your own free will. The auction did not go above the maximum bid you made.
If you bid $100, and bidding rises to $95, you are still the winner.
If a shill then bids $105, your $100 is revealed.
If the shill then retracts, your $100 bid is now the high bid and you win.
But that $100 would have won, unless another honest bidder had bid $105 (or $200).
Reporting your suspicions that the auctions are being shilled is one thing.
Winning those auctions at a bid you placed, is another.
We are all supposed to be grownups.
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If you have received products that are counterfeit, open an Item Not As Described dispute as soon as you receive it.
You will be told to return the item to the seller, but he is supposed to send you return postage.
You will be refunded.
And report the counterfeiter to the manufacturer, who can take more drastic legal action. Counterfeiting is against the law, but normally it is the owner of the brand who pursues the case.
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