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Originally Posted by sports-rings
I just want to be clear, I am not accusing Hunt of shill bidding. They have a process where they bid for the consigner until the minimum is met (it's in their auction rules).
if you are a phone bidder during a live auction, you have no idea if you are bidding against a live bidder or Hunt on behalf of their consigner.
I call this Phantom bidding and I no longer wish to bid in their live auctions
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I don't like phantom bidding either, though I am sure it's legal when clearly stated in the rules. If you want to do that, just have a reserve and state it. To me, having bidding that is not intended to win the item seems deceiving.