With regards to GB and ebay, the shill has set up a throw away account. If I’m the only bidder on a no reserve auction that opens at say $100 and bid a maximum of $400, the shill comes along and runs the bid up. How’s that an honest auction? I’ve had that happen a couple times only to find my maximum and then magically the shill bidder goes away and suddenly a second one has bid right under my maximum. Cool trick huh?
If there’s multiple real bidders this is a mute point. In today’s sellers market, I doubt it’s happening much.
Last edited by Ben_Lurkin; 04/08/21.
