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Richard SimonI don't know how Broadway Rick got away with it,(he can talk his way out of almost anything) but ebay will suspend you for shill bidding.
I sued two individuals for libel several years ago. I did not know their real names, just their AOL screen names, but a subpoena to AOL got their real names for me and a subpoena to ebay got all their buy/sell action (they had a number of ebay accounts, and libeled me on ebay and by using my ebay feedback to e mail my buyers). After I received this information from ebay, these two people were suspended. (husband and wife team). It was obvious, after viewing their account information, that there had been a large amount of shill bidding going on between their accounts. Ebay suspended all their accounts, presumably for shill bidding.
The pair that I sued eventually settled with me for a nice chunk of money and a formal retraction of all the libelous statements they had made about me.
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I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed opponent.