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3. Shill bidding and related practices (e.g. reporting cards as sold that didn't sell).
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Originally Posted by oldjudge
3. I never bid more than I am happy to pay for a lot so this does not annoy me much.
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I've read this line of reasoning many times, and I can only imagine the chuckles it prompts from unscrupulous auctioneers who view this board.
If I'm willing (heck, even happy) to pay $1,000 for a card and I enter that amount as a ceiling or maximum bid, that doesn't give the auctioneer the right to shill the item to that amount. If the next-highest bid is $500, then I should pay the lowest amount that tops that bid as per the auction rules.
It's no wonder so many auctions are crooked; we collectors seem to invite getting ripped off.