Posted By:
Steve MurrayJim - "Got an e-mail from a whale recently asking me not top (sic) be interested in a particular card and in return he would do same on a card that I was interested in."
Matt- "I've always wondered about such arrangements; it's seems like it would be collusion and illegal, but I also see it is a buyer's yin to the seller's yang of potentially shilling."
I disagree Matt. We minnows do it all the time. If Patrick is keen on a particular catcher card that he knows that I too may be interested in an exchange of emails will settle it. No need to run up a fellow member. It's a matter of congeniality we all expect from fellow collectors.
Now if a Halla or Bohen comes up, Bob, Ben, Richard, Brian, Peter, and all of the other Z11 collectors just stand back because it will be dog eat dog 
As for the whales we all know who they are. When I win one from a whale I know that I just paid at least two times what I would have but for him.