its not the auction houses fault its the bidders

[sflayank]

i dont care if every auction house is involved in shill bidding
its upto the bidder to place an initial bid so they can bid at the end....and when the auction is near the end bid the next interval up
ALL THE BIDDERS WHO PUT IN A MAX BID ARE MORONS...OBVIOUSLY THE AUCTION HOUSE CAN SEE YOUR MAX BID AND IF THEY CHOOSE CAN PUMP YOU UP....JUST BID THE NEXT INTERVAL, IF YOU GET OUTBID AND YOU WANT TO BID MORE BID THE NEXT INTERVAL AGAIN...while shill bidding is illegal and unscrupulous..the bidder can easily stop it...whether its mastro or ebay or REA
so while auction houses may screw the bidders, ultimately its the bidders fault...if u bid 5000 on item thats at 2000 so u can goto sleep ...dont be surprised if u end up winning it for 5000