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Posted By: Adam J. Baxter

Just as everyone who responded to this post has stated in one way or another, the genesis of shill bidding is FRAUD. Misrepresentation in business is fraud at worst and ethically bad business at best. Even if there were no consequences for shill bidding, whether legal or otherwise, the fact of the matter is, engaging in the practice of shill bidding is a gross violation of eBay policy. When one becomes an eBay member we all agree to the terms of usage and within those terms is to honor the rules of the website and illegal or not, shill bidding is against eBay's rules. It's that simple.