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Re:eBay is port scanning visitors to their website by clarry on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:33AM (#23439444)
> Seller A is selling an item he bought for $5 dollars. He's trying to sell it for $10, for a 100% profit. The current bid is $7 dollars. He logs in to a remote desktop and bids on his own item to bump the price with a different MAC and IP. It sells for $12 and he's happy.

So why don't you set the starting price at $10? Does ebay not let you set the base price?

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Re:eBay is port scanning visitors to their website by retrac on Saturday June 06, 2020 @10:39AM (#23439485)
An auction for an item with a history of an apparent bidding war up to $10 appears much more desirable than an auction for an item that just sits there for a week at its opening bid of $10.
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Re:eBay is port scanning visitors to their website by rdtwo on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:16AM (#23439743)
This is why I never bid till 10sec out using a automated app. It’s stupid to actually bid on items and allow the other bidders to respond.
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Re:eBay is port scanning visitors to their website by c17r on Saturday June 06, 2020 @11:35AM (#23439868)
At a lower starting price, you get people bidding. And then you fraudulently raise it. The legit bidders think they have a now have a "vested interest" in it and will bid up "just a little more".

It's the same thing with the penny auction sites like DealDash which is part of their terribleness.

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