5 July '10
Here's an interesting clipping from today's Independent [London, UK]
newspaper:
"The first eBay seller to be prosecuted for bidding in his own auctions to
boost the price of his goods was ordered to do 250 hours of unpaid work
today by a judge who also told him to pay £5,000 in fines and costs.
"Minibus firm owner Paul Barrett was told by a judge at Bradford Crown Court
he would have been facing a prison sentence if it had not been for his lack
of previous convictions and the relatively small sums involved.
"The court was told how the case, involving so-called shill bidding on eBay,
was the first of its kind in the UK following the introduction of new
legislation."
I suspect that this behaviour accounts for a substantial amount of eBay's
business.
jh
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