>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... -- Andrew Grebneff 165 Evans St, Dunedin 9001, New Zealand <andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz> Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut |
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