Porceline Imperial Sign , I smell shill bidding.

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Since ebay doesn't reveal what a bidders true bid is until
the end of the auction, someone has to bid against the
highest bidder to make the amount go up.For example, if an
item is listed at $100 & a person decides its worth $500 &
bids that much,until another person places a bid, the bid
price will show $100.When the second bids & doesn't place a
bid that go's beyond $500, he'll get an outbid notice. If he
keeps bidding in small amounts, it'll appear a lot of
bidding is going on. In this example, if the second bidder
had bid, say $450, he would be in front with a total of only
2 bids for the auction.
John

"A. Foster" wrote:

> Hello Gang; I have taken a look at the bid history on this
> sign and it looks like they had one bidder bidding no less
> then twenty times, mostly against himself. In fact he bid
> fifteen times within five minutes on April, 3rd! He either
> wanted the sign really badly or is a shill bidder. I would
> think the latter since he hasn't bid since. It would be
> interesting to look at the dollar amounts at the end of
> the auction to see what was really going on.Best
> RegardsArran Foster1954 Imperial NewportNeeding A left
> Side Taillight Bezel and other trim parts.
>
>      ----- Original Message -----
>      From: John Gault
>      To: mailing-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>      Sent: Saturday, April 06, 2002 12:31 AM
>      Subject: Re: IML: Fw: Porceline Imperial Sign
>      CURRENTLY $500!!!! MORE...
>       The sign I purchased a year ago on eBay was in
>      the box... brand new. It was shipped from
>      Chrysler Corporation to a dealer in Chicago. So
>      it appears that it is an authentic Chrysler
>      Corporation sign... ... however is quite worn
>      and tattered... I am glad I got a new one in the
>      box.   It hangs prominently in the Garage above
>      my car... John GaultIMPERIALIST
>
>           ----- Original Message -----
>           From: John Gault
>           To: Imperial Club Mailing List
>           Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 5:52 PM
>           Subject: IML: Fw: Porceline Imperial
>           Sign CURRENTLY $500!!!!
>            Want to see some more insanity on
>           eBay??? I purchased this same sign for
>           less than $100 last year. Somebody
>           must have gone in the business, or has
>           a pot full of
>           them... 
>http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1089665533 Everyone
>           ought to have one... John
>           GaultIMPERIALIST
>