Posted By:
Jeff LichtmanJoe is basically blaming the victim here.
Since everything is so hunky-dory in the auction house world -- and it is "disgruntled" hobbyists that are whacking the auction houses around, I would propose a wager with Joe Orlando: I'll put 100K up against Joe's 100K that if the principals of the auction house he is referring to undergo polygraph examinations and are asked one question -- "are you aware of any employee or representative of your auction house who has engaged in shill bidding or efforts to run up any of your bidders in any of your auctions?" -- at least one of them will be determined to have known of such conduct. If I'm right, Joe pays me 100K; if I'm wrong he gets my money.
Instead of "never gets cheated", perhaps Joe can use "never cheat" in the future.