I don’t have a problem if the shill gets the bid and ends up eating the fees. I’ve only had the scenario I described where he/they are screwing around to figure out my maximum happen a couple of times in maybe 20 years of fooling around on GB and that’s only been when it was a buyers market.
The best way to beat this is to watch the clock and bid right at the end of the end of the auction. On GB, they don’t allow you to cancel a bid once you get close to the ending so game on.
The online auction sites typically have a dim view of this and will ban someone if they determine this is what’s happening.
Last edited by Ben_Lurkin; 04/08/21.
