I haven't heard of such a law. If you and I decide not to bid
against each other we still have no control over what others
will pay. So it only affects the price if we are the only
bidders. Shilling (having someone who has no intention to buy
bidding just to drive the price up for the seller) on the other
is usually against the auctions rules and can get a seller
kicked off permanently.
There are not as many consumer protection laws in the US as many
of us think. Many were passed in the late sixties, and
seventies. Mostly they have been quietly repealed.
--Tom
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> At 15:52 31.1.2001 -0600, you wrote:
> >Nope, the only requirement is that folks should not conspire to
> >hold down the price of auctioned items. One of the examples
> >given was a group of individuals all interested in a certain
> >category of items decide amongst themselves to allow only one of
> >their number to place bids on a specific item and nobody in the
> >group will bid against him. They have, therefore, conspired to
> >hold down the price the seller can receive. The whole group has
> >committed a felony by so doing. Shilling on an auction
> >(conspiring to drive the price up) is just as illegal. In the
> >U.S.A., that is. Outside the U.S.A. could be different.
>
> So if my friends decide to not bid against me, we commited a crime?
> Strange. I propably understand it bad. The US laws are just amazing. I am
> sometimes glad I don't live there!
> What the lawyers just don't think of (no offence meant to lawyers here,
> some of my best friends are lawyers ;) It's jsut the majority that sucks)
>
> Fr.
>
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