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Old 09-25-2010, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by twobjshelbys View Post
To me all of that is heresay. "A friend of a friend who knows someone who knows someone that said they used a shill". Bring someone here who says they did it. I don't think it's likely. That would be unlike eBay where I've seen several people admit they placed bids to jack the price (but item still didn't meet reserve) and stated if the seller lowered the reserve they wouldn't complete the deal. That's slimey.
It is hearsay, but to think that it doesn't happen is naive. It happens and I've read about quite a bit in various auction magazines such as Keith Martin's Sports Car Market auction magazine.

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