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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ignoramus Maximus, post: 7839078, member: 104741&quot;]I placed bids on two coins and won both. Though bids went up in the last few seconds I got both one increment under my max. I did increase my max bid on both at the last minute. The counterbids on both were higher than my original max bids. So, unless shill-bids are automated and executed instantaneously, I think the chance of there being shill-bids in play is relatively small.</p><p><br /></p><p>Shill-bidding is hard to prove. My strategy in case I suspect there may be shill-bids at play is simply not to place pre-bids, but to attend live and place my bids in the last second (timed auctions), or just hit &#039;bid&#039; when my lot comes up and hope the other guy gives up before me (going once, twice-type auctions).</p><p><br /></p><p>If I have grave suspicions about an auction, then I simply avoid them, of course.</p><p><br /></p><p>On a half-related topic: I get the impression that, as long as you steer clear of bling, hammer prices lately seem to be ebbing to somewhat more moderate levels. Still high, but not outrageously so. Does anyone share that feeling or have I simply and unknowingly become acclimatized to the &#039;new normal&#039;?[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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