pm bid of such and such"

how are we to know if they really did or just want more money and said it

2/25/2006 1:46:50 AM

if they wanna lie to up the bids, let um. they just extracting as much consumer surplus as possible.

2/25/2006 9:05:48 AM

producer surplus

2/25/2006 12:27:33 PM

Shill bidding on Ebay is some nasty shit but there's no way you can prevent it on TWW I don't think. I reckon if you boycott those types of auctions you'll eventually wear down shill bidders in general. Perhaps saying something like "bids through PM aren't accepted" would make people aware of it.

2/26/2006 12:05:44 PM

I just outbid the last person to actually post in the thread and ignore mystery bidders.
Or, if I actually get a pm bid in something I'm selling, I post in the thread indicating the user that sent the pm bid so that if anyone cares they can verify it.

2/26/2006 2:25:54 PM

yeah thats what i would do ^

2/27/2006 5:02:30 PM

good call, thats the best thing to do. I dont believe theres anyway we can prevent pm bids or fake ones for that matter. If it helps them get more $$ for their item, its their gain. pretty much how business in general run anyway.

2/27/2006 6:03:55 PM