So I just won an ebay auction. The sellers name is mattmontero23 from Louisiana. I knew member mmonte4 is also in LA. I asked if he was the same person and they replied no.

I found a thread here where mmonte4 posted a link to ebay for an item he won. I was astonished to see that the same person that won the item (mmonte4) was also the same person that had bid high on the item I had won but retracted their bids when they became the highest bidder...twice, days apart. I thought GUU members had more integrity than that

When I told him this he said they were brothers.
Anyway, I paid for the item within 24 hours. A few hours later he refunded me the money, cancelled the transaction and said he was getting the items authenticated then he was going to tell me to send the money and send the items to me.

I contacted ebay and they said that they could see in his messages that he was entertaining offers from other people AFTER i paid.

How many members here are pumping up the prices for their friends items? or even themselves?

Also is there anything I can do so this ebayer doesnt play others like this?