The person risks no one biting,if people get into a frenzy because others are involved they need to figure out better ways of going about buying in a auction,long run they will overpay way to often.
Its always buyer beware and you need to figure things out mostly on your own or get duped when some one is not there to hold your hand.
Not saying it isn't shady but you need to lock down proof of such thing and not let it turn into a he said,she said situation.
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Hey, So I saw someone in the auction who cheated in raising the bid with his alt. Is it allowed here or should the user be penalized for this?
Allowed it or not I think it's a negative trust
for sure!
OP, I just want to ask what proof do you have to say that the auctioneer is using his alt and upping his prices? You know we can't just go and conclude without looking at both sides of the equation.
To answer to your question, I don't think it isn't legal since it's a risk he's taking. If he truly is using an alt and raising bids, he is risking that he might overbid and nobody else would bit on it anymore.
To answer to your question, I don't think it isn't legal since it's a risk he's taking. If he truly is using an alt and raising bids, he is risking that he might overbid and nobody else would bit on it anymore.
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Hey, So I saw someone in the auction who cheated in raising the bid with his alt. Is it allowed here or should the user be penalized for this?
How do you "penalize" users around bitcointalk ? Isn't "negative rep" the term you are looking for ? I don't think raising bids by the Alt should be a problem.Eventually he will end up having the highest bid with his product unsold.
Not necessarily. He'll likely just use it to bump up the price then contact the other highest bidders and offer them it if the price is reasonable. I would leave negative if there was reasonable evidence for the behaviour.
Hey, So I saw someone in the auction who cheated in raising the bid with his alt. Is it allowed here or should the user be penalized for this?
How do you "penalize" users around bitcointalk ? Isn't "negative rep" the term you are looking for ? I don't think raising bids by the Alt should be a problem.Eventually he will end up having the highest bid with his product unsold.
Also,you can probably disclose their profiles instead of playing the hide and seek game.
If you have any problem with the auctioneer you can make a report on him in reputation section. i don't think this type of act is harmful to anyone as one always wants higher profit.
Hey, So I saw someone in the auction who cheated in raising the bid with his alt. Is it allowed here or should the user be penalized for this?
This is allowed, however it is generally frowned upon within the community. See this thread for details. If you wish to open a scam accusation against this person you are welcome to do so.
Hey, So I saw someone in the auction who cheated in raising the bid with his alt. Is it allowed here or should the user be penalized for this?
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