[meteorite-list] Is EBAY bidding fixed?

From: GREG LINDH <geeg48_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2007 21:46:48 -0700
Message-ID: <BAY118-DAV138A8A6930ADAE0C9AA77CC95E0_at_phx.gbl>

       To all,

    I am new to EBAY and to meteorite collecting. I have purchased 13
meteorites total. I've gotten most of them by bidding on EBAY. I've
noticed that many times someone will bid for an item and continually bid the
item up even though nobody is bidding against them. They may start out by
bidding $10.00 for an item, then the same person raises the price to $30.00,
then $50.00, then $80.00, etc., etc. They artificially and unnecessarily
raise the price so that the item finally sells for a *much* higher price
than it would have gone for if this hadn't been done.
    Either the bidder is a moron or he is working with the seller to up the
price.
    Can anyone explain this phenomenon to me?

    Greg Lindh
Received on Thu 12 Apr 2007 12:46:48 AM PDT