23 Feb
2006
23 Feb
'06
5:44 a.m.
Just keep in mind that as with any other business(and
auctions) there's
always a shill to artificially inflate the bidding for an auction. eBay
is notorious for this as they have absolutely no precautions(nor
security) against this.
Nor do real auctions have precautions. In fact, if the auctioneer is a
scum, he can shill himself, pulling bids out of the air. At least Ebay can
not do that (we think!). Ebay has at least some sort of papertrail for the
bidding.
William Donzelli
aw288 at osfn.org