That is CLEARLY shill bidding by definition IMHO.
Greg Parker
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From: Mark Chandler, INTERNET:velo@value.net To: , INTERNET:classicrendezvous@bikelist.org
Date: 10/24/00 7:09 PM
RE: Re: [Classicrendezvous] Re: EBay Shenanigans - Beware
On Tue, 24 Oct 2000, PeterGrenader wrote:
> Further update: I wrote this guy and he admitted, with tons of attitude along
> with it, that '1woeman' is in fact his dad in Austin and he was intentionally
> trying to jack the price up. I believe this is against eBay's guidelines.
>
> Could someone verify this before I make a formal complaint?
It's part of the policy. I just put several items on eBay last night and this morning (Bridgestone catalogues), and in the confirmation e-mail, it said that "shill" bids were against eBay's policies. Now, whether they consider this to be a shill bid may be up in the air.
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Mark Chandler Concord, CA velo@value.net