ebay live auction 'shill' bidding
Decided not to drive down to a local auction since they were also doing it live on ebay. I just put in some absentee bids ahead of time.
Turns out I should have bid real time. In every case, the floor bidding started $5 above my top bid. The auctioneer apparently wasn't bidding for me beginning with the opening bid and going up, he was starting the floor bidding at my top amount.
I know the guy in person and I go to their sales, so I don't want to crap on the relationship, but I reported it (as best I could given their automated screens) to ebay and I'll be watching dude in person in the future.
Decided not to drive down to a local auction since they were also doing it live on ebay. I just put in some absentee bids ahead of time.
Turns out I should have bid real time. In every case, the floor bidding started $5 above my top bid. The auctioneer apparently wasn't bidding for me beginning with the opening bid and going up, he was starting the floor bidding at my top amount.
I know the guy in person and I go to their sales, so I don't want to crap on the relationship, but I reported it (as best I could given their automated screens) to ebay and I'll be watching dude in person in the future.