"Conan Ford" wrote in message
3.159...

I'm wondering why he's using so many private auctions now--is
gottahaveit1995 bidding on them?

(someone needs to flag e-Bay Safe Harbor on all this malarkie goin on!)

FROM THE E-BAY SAFE HARBOR F.A.Q. :

"Shill bidding is the deliberate use of secondary
registrations, aliases, family members, friends,
or associates to artificially drive up the bid
price of an item. (This is also known as "bid padding.")
Shill bidding is strictly forbidden on eBay.
eBay members found shill bidding may receive
warnings or indefinite suspensions of their accounts."

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/...l-bidding.html

http://pages.ebay.com/help/policies/shill-bidding.html