- Know who
your friends are. If you find yourself constantly
coming up against the same person on stuff, send him or her
some email. Get to know the other person. Try to form some
sort of working relationship that facilitates communication
on a per-auction basis. Decide amongst yourselves who wants
or needs the item more. Concede once in a while. It's better
to have friends than enemies...and sometimes those friends
spot things that you may have missed.
Not that I plan to turn you in (as long as you send me $100 within the
next 2 weeks, e-mail me for my address :) but this practice is actually
illegal.
I've heard this implied before. No offence, no flame, but exactly how
and why is it illegal. If I was standing in a live auction and realized
that I was bidding against you or some other friend, I would definitly weigh
our friendship against how badly I wanted the item. Also, I once suggested
to a list member that we combine our bids and split a lot, was told that
this also is illegal.