>Learning Point:  Seller have been known to set their minimum selling price
>so high that the item will not sell and then they re-approach buyers to see
>if they want to buy off-line at the higher price.  Another tactic that I
>seen used is that they bid against their own item under a different name to
>drive the price up and when they win the then go the next highest bidder to
>sell at an inflated price (off-line to boot)

Realestate agents here do this at house auctions. It's not even
illegal here, go figure. I hope a certain listee isn't bent this
way...
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Andrew Grebneff
165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
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