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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
Of course not. There's no agreement between potential competitors in that case.
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I'm not sure I understand the ethical argument here, technically yes, talking to any other person about a listing would be considered collusion.
In reality, it happens more like this.
"Hey, did you see that E-card in XYZ auction?"
"I did, are you interested in it? I know we both collect cards like that."
"Yes, I'd probably be at 2K on it, I have my eye on that T-card in the same auction so that would be my priority".
"I'd probably go 2.5K since I need it for my collection."
"Okay, good luck, I hope you get it."
And the results are usually my buddy overpaying for the E-card and me overpaying for the T-card since there are always other bidders involved, and more often than not neither one of us wins.
Now I could see if all of the potential bidders got together and chose one guy to win like Scott's example link, that would definitely qualify has collusion.