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> > me about lugnet auctions, where everything is controlled totally be the
> > seller is - what's to stop a seller from just making up fictitious buyers
> > s/he can quote to drive the price up higher? How can I, as a buyer, know
>
> I have a question about this. Is using a shill illegal, or just evil?
I think it depends on the auction format and location, but for the most
part I believe it falls into the "just evil" category. For those of you
that didn't know, if you run an eBay auction without a reserve price,
you *are* allowed to bid on your own auction once. Now, I can't imagine
any seller who would (in my not-so-humble opinion) be insane enough to
insult his/her buyers by doing that kind of evil instead of using a
reserve price auction, but then my opinions and sanity never really
matched up very well. :)
Adam
bwappo@ee.net
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| (...) I guess the question there (eBay) is -- if you bid on your own thing on eBay, does it show up as a bid from you, the seller? A seller bidding on his/her own item at eBay shouldn't be evil (still dumb, maybe, but not evil) -- *if* it's clear to (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I would never shill. I did put a reserve price on the auction, though. Maybe one that is too high, given the slow bidding, but then again most eBay bidding takes place in the last few hours/minutes. I used to hate reserve prices, and I still (...) (26 years ago, 11-Feb-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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