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Rob D.Tim,
Actually, the extent to which shilling exists is very relevant to Rand's questions. Whether you think that -- pick a number -- 10 percent, 20 percent, 30 percent or more of eBay and other auctions are shilled would greatly impact how valuable you think a service that reports those results really is.
To me, Frank's statement "And there's not that much shilling, but a bit" was presented as a statement of fact. My first post simply asked how he could know that. I thought it was a pretty innocent question.
You read Frank's statement as being his opinion. I didn't. If it had been a minor point, I probably wouldn't have asked for him to clarify. But given that it is very germane to the original post, I thought it important to point out the difference between fact and opinion.
I will make a point not to question any of Frank's subsequent posts.
< Note to self: If Frank says it, it must be true. >>