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Originally Posted by Trivial Psychic

That's a good point. I've never really thought of that before, but it really wouldn't be hard to have a friend or loved one with their own account, or even an alt account, to artificially raise the "value" of their auction by putting in phony bids. Good observation.

This is why I have developed a sniper's mentality on Ebay over the years. Better to give it your best shot at the end of an auction when a person has less time to attempt such chicanery, than to go all in from the outright.

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Originally Posted by TheBlueMarvel

Trade secrets man! Don't give up the techniques! Most still have not caught on!! "The first rule is.....never talk about fight club."

Yeah despite how much I like that mcfarlane spidey.i refuse to pay $600 for 6inches of plastic...I'm going to resort to customizing and making an even better one...and thats typically what I've been doing..snipe and hopefully other bidders wont realize