Is payBay joking, or insulting the buyers? .....

[Rich Klein]

Doing something like that was considered reverse psychology.

If a seller thinks they have a good item; sometimes one raises the prices when it does not sell at a previously "fair" price to give the illusion that if you don't buy the article the price can only go upwards.

Or, give the illusion that said item was sold and the replacement cost more $$.

I know some stores that used to do this with some items and I do realize this appears to be the reverse of common sense. But their point was, raise the price and create an illusion of extra value for some items.

Rich