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Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth
So you don't recognize market manipulation? OK, we can disagree. Shill bidding shouldn't bother you then, as long as someone really paid at the end of the day.
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Please, Peter, don't put words in my mouth. I do not think shill bidding is okay.
If a card has been selling in the $120 range and someone lists it in their store/convention table/ebay/net 54 marketplace for $130, are they also "manipulating the market" by trying to push the price up? In a rising market, many dealers do raise their prices. Is it against the Peter Principle for them to try to get more for their cards by raising their ask prices?
Bottom line, if people are paying $130 for a card, that is what it is "worth."