Posted By:
Jim VBJay,
You're right, to a point. Last week a seller tried to shill an auction that I sniped on, but overshot my snipe and wound up winning his own card by $1.00.
His shills had doubled the winning price (not big dollars - from $20 to $40 range.)
The very next day, I received a legit "second chance offer" to buy the exact card at my $40 snipe price. Without his shills, I would have won the auction at around $22.50.
I reported it to ebay and disregarded his offer.