30 Sep
2010
30 Sep
'10
10:17 a.m.
On 9/30/10, Teo Zenios <teoz at neo.rr.com> wrote:
The only thing I would like to see is a way of booting
sellers using shills.
I ran into lots of that with some of the bulk and surplus reseller
auctions a while back (Buycomp.com, etc). I gave up. It's just too
obvious when someone comes in and buys 500 items at the floor price on
a Dutch Auction when only 1/3 of the goods are allocated to the
existing buyers (i.e., the seller wasn't going to have to sell a
partial load at the opening price).
I've seen a bunch of shill bidding on eBay too, but I guess since I
bid on less than one thing a month, I don't see it as often as I used
to.
-ethan