Date:         Fri, 10 Jan 2003 19:03:05 -0500
Reply-To:     David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
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From:         David Brodbeck <gull@CYBERSPACE.ORG>
Subject:      Re: Does this bidding look fish y to you?
Comments: To: Owen Brand <olists@THEBRANDS.ORG>
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On Fri, 10 Jan 2003, Owen Brand wrote:

> Interesting that one bidder took the bid from 12,000 to 14,800 in 8 bids
> without a single counterbid listed? The bidder that did this had a total of
> 3 transactions rated and the most recent was almost a year ago. I agree
> Chris. Very odd.

Is it a reserve price auction?  Sometimes people who do that are searching
for the hidden reserve price.

FWIW, I had someone make a bunch of bids like that on an auction I was
running.  They weren't a shill; I have no idea who they were.  It struck
me as pretty odd, too.

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