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RE: EBAY Bidding

To: Tim Waltz <printner@comcast.net>,
Subject: RE: EBAY Bidding
From: "ambradley@frontiernet.net" <ambradley@frontiernet.net>
Date: Fri, 16 Apr 2004 15:12:30 +0000
It's called shill bidding and is forbidden - VERY much so.  I don't
think shill bidding happened in this case, but the idea is to prop up
the price of your item so that any "real" bidders will outbid your fake
bids.  Definitely forbidden, will get you kicked off eBay.

Quoting Tim Waltz <printner@comcast.net>:

> I guess I'm missing something, but I don't see anything wrong with
> it.
> If you're stupid enough to bid against yourself, why would ebay care?
>
> Tim






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