Andrew Crystall wrote:
>
> On 4 Jul 2003 at 8:44, Russell Chapman wrote:
>
> > But what is incompetent bid shielding?
>
> Bid shielding is where you bid low and then use another Ebay ID to
> bid really high. So one-one else bids. Then you withdraw the high bid
> at the last minute. Except ebay stops you from withdrawing bids
> towards the end of an auction.
>
> So I have an auction with a really high bid and someone trying to
> wriggle out of it.
Never make a bid you can't support.
And in a live auction, observe the other bidders before your item comes
up -- if someone seems dead-set on bidding up to a ridiculous price on
certain items, and then starts bidding against *you* -- decide just when
to quit, and quit there.
Julia
who has a very funny auction story about one of the prints in the
livingroom
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