I belive that's the practice of sending emails to bidders of current auctions
offering them competing items. This would allow one seller to "siphon" off
bidders from someone else's auction, thus decreasing the bidding competition or
encouraging them to cancel their bids.
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>Subject: [OM] What is "Bid Siphoning"? Ane why is it Heinous?
> From: Parzival Herzog <parzp@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2004 13:39:27 -0600
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxx
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>I came across the following spluttering tirade on the global flea market, and
>I wonder if anyone would deflower my innocence, and reveal to me the the
>secret workings of this immoral practise Bid Siphoning?
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>bigleo blustered:
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>The infraction of Bid Siphoning has become SO RAMPANT, that I am now forced to
>take action, and make the results of SOME of my auctions private. If you are
>not familiar with Bid Siphoning, it is ILLEGAL, IMMORAL, UNETHICAL, and
>downright HENIOUS (and CLEARLY against *Bay rules)!
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>Parzival Herzog
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