On 4/15/02 12:24 PM, "Jere Hawn" <jbrschawn@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote:

> Dave,
>
> I asked the guy about how fishy it looked and that since he was bidding
> against himself I would only give him half of what he was asking.  He said I
> was right and sold at my asking price.
>
> In short I asked him and he told me
>
> Jere

    Pass that along to eBay, and both your and the seller's state attorney
general.  Having someone, called  a "shill" bid on the auction to drive the
price up is a felony in some states.

    Scumbags are all over eBay.  I saw a certain list member bid a large
amount of money on one of the Bosch FI troubleshooting books, only to find
two or three people on the list able to sell it to him for much less.  Said
scumbag pulled his bid on eBay with the excuse that his mother died.

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