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[albitz]

If the bidding on my ebay item seems to be going to slowly i get family and friends to bid on it in order to push the price up.
human nature means that people like to see other people are interested in the same item.
If no other genuine people make a bid i usually pull the item before the last 24 hours.
This rarely happens.

I am happy to resort to this. On Ebay you cannot place a reserve unless it is above £50? To create interest you start the bidding low, and place a few bids yourself if the listing is slow. Once bidding has started it usually takes off anyway.

It's best not to be too pious about this technique. It is also a way of saving Ebay listing fees, and lets face they are extremely high. On low priced items, paid through Paypal they have a cut of over 20%

With the greatest of respect; one cannot be "a little bit honest".....for, honesty either exists or doesn`t.

It would appear generally that the 'modern view' is to have flexible (cut and paste) views on honesty and morals....e.g: as witnessed by the antics seen commonly on eBay.

Personally I pefer to treat others (even when protected by the moral-distance and anonymity afforded by eBay) the way I myself should wish to be treated: decently, fairly and honestly.

Old-fashioned or pious I may (seem to) be; but I would not wish to live any other way.

completely admirable debs,if everone was as genuine ,life would be so much easier.

[shyboy]

I bet the same shill bidders complain bitterly if the tables are turned and they attract non paying bidders. E-bay is a farce!

[HolyCount]

I am with Debs on this one. We have sold over 5000 items this last year and, touch wood, all but one of our buyers have been good -- so we feel we owe it to them and potential buyers to be likewise honest and straightforward.

Most of our auctions start at 99p and all run their course. If 99p is all we get, so be it.  Neither do we hike p&p -- we charge what the PO charges us plus what the stationary cost and the fuel to the PO.

But eBayers are strange creatures --- we can list a particular item for auction at 99p, get no bites -- then relist as Buy It Now for a couple of quid and it goes right away !!!!!

Mind you -- what some women pay for slap is amazing !!!