QUOTE from ebay shill bidding policy:
"For the eBay marketplace to succeed, buyers must have faith in the integrity and fairness of the marketplace. Shill Bidding damages the integrity and fairness of the marketplace. For that reason, eBay has a policy prohibiting Shill Bidding.
eBay's policy on Shill Bidding is very simple:
Shill Bidding is bidding that artificially increases an item's price or apparent desirability, or bidding by individuals with a level of access to the seller's item information not available to the general Community. Shill Bidding is prohibited on eBay".
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My trials bibliography:
Miller, Sammy: