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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (65936)	7/1/1999 4:05:00 PM
From: KeepItSimple	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 164684

> In each case a hidden bidder jacks up the price until it exceeds the retail price. I suspect the majority of auctions on eBay have "shill" bidders, either done in an organized manner by the retail outlets dumping unsold retail merchandise, or by individual sellers who put a few fake bids in order to try and move the price up. I know that's what I would do if I was trying to sell something at a profit on eBay.. Generate fake interest with fake bids.. Eventually, people will start realizing that they're not actually saving any money over retail, and move away from a barter-era system of transactions and back to a fixed price system which most of the industrialized world uses..