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Posted By: Hankron

I doubt that some of the 'bidding up' tricks that may be applied on eBay would be applied at MastroNet. The potential joker can't be sure that Hal's stated max is correct, so the person may end up with the high bid. Further, MastroNet doesn't allow bid retractions, and I doubt an person registered with MastroNet wants to get the reputation as a re******. Joking around with a $30 item on eBay item is one thing, a $10,000 item is another.

Also, it takes a lot more to be an active bidder at MastroNet then it doesn to be one at eBay. Lastly, my impressions of Hal have always been positive, and I'm sure most others have the same positive feelings. I can't imaging there are many people out to get him.