>Message I keep on seeing accusations that people >intentionally bid high on auctions with no intentions to >pay, just to raise the price. This is not an accusation >or slam at anyone, but do people really do this??
I'm sure it happens, as it is quite common here in the USA.
Take Transformers and other 80s toys. Those have been pretty hot on Ebay.
I've heard one guy bids up the price of something he plans to sell so people think that the insane price is normal.
Then he sells the item for 10x the price he paid, making
an awefully tidy profit.
>What happens if you win the bid?
Be prepared to suffer the consequences, as you have said!
>You either have to pay, or else get negative feedback, and
>a lot of people won't accept bids from those with negative
>feedback anymore?
It seems like Yahoo Japan users are paying more attention to
feedback.
>On a related note - has anyone heard of any problems with >a dealer bidding on their own item, in another name, just >to raise the price? I've heard of it happening in other
>auctions before.
I don't know about dealers, but for a while, individuals
doing this was a problem.
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