Originally Posted by
barry.dixon
I thought they could put a reserve price on it, or at least set the starting price to the lowest price they will accept.
It's just a waste of time for buyers if people do this and if they are bidding against themselves with another account isn't that against eBid rules?
I see that practice as fraudulent. If my bid was, say, £150 and the highest but I had put a maximum in of £400, if they then bid on it they could boost the price up to £400 so on winning the auction I would end up paying £400 whereas if they hadn't boosted the price themselves I would have got it for £150.
I'm new to eBid and if that is the sort of practice that goes on I don't think I'll bother.