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That doesn't preclude other punishments, no? Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal, so criminal persecution is presumably also a possibility.
by Gaelan 6y ago
That doesn't preclude other punishments, no? Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal, so criminal persecution is presumably also a possibility.
- zymhan 6y ago> Fraudulent auction bids are presumably fairly illegal Someone's never been on Ebay
- alasdair_ 6y agoIt’s like ebay, but where every seller has a gun, federal backing, and literally gets paid to arrest people.
- tyingq 6y agoIt's an auction house. They aren't giving the Marshal's service item level updates. They just give the sale to the number 2 bidder and move on.
- akuji1993 6y agoSo what you're saying is, I need 2 accounts, bid $15 with one and then up myself with the fraudulent account to $500 and get the item for 15?
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- RugnirViking 6y agoPeople actually do this on eBay sometimes
- lern_too_spel 6y agoThe sale goes to the number 1 bidder at some bid increment higher than the number 2 bidder's maximum bid. The current price shown is that amount, not the number 1 bidder's maximum bid. It implements a modified Vickrey auction using an autobidder.
- Teever 6y agoSounds like the solution is to be not American. If you goal is to defraud the U.S. Marshals Service I mean. Like what is the U.S. Marshals Service going to do to a Romanian trickster? <insert the DVD Jon story here>
- thefounder 6y ago>> Like what is the U.S. Marshals Service going to do to a Romanian trickster? Get him extradited in the US after possibly serving some time in Romania as well?
- znpy 6y ago> <insert the DVD Jon story here> Ah, that's a story I havent't seen cited in a long time.
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- onetimemanytime 6y agoWife screamed at me threatening to divorce...blah blah. So illegal prob not but ban yes.
- pc86 6y agoYou're under no legal obligation to pay if you make a bid. Using a stolen credit card, on the other hand...
- prionassembly 6y agoI've been (not bidded) in cattle auctions in Brazil and they always announce that auction bids are irreversible.
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- pc86 6y agoThere's quite a leap from "you can't change or revoke your bid" to "it's illegal to make a bid you have no intention of fulfilling."