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Several problems with this. First is that I could bid minimum on a lot I want with my real account, then bid 5x the value, no auto bid on a fake account. Nobody outbids the crazy price, fake account defaults, I get the lot for opening bid. Too easy to scam. The other problem is that if I bid...

I was talking about this with a buddy, he mentioned another possibility. Say you plan to buy 5-10 trucks, but not till next month. You don't have the $$$ to pay now, but will then. Register a bogus account, bid them up, default, and what you have essentially done is to delay the sale of...

Bidder verfication like I posted above is easy enough for them to manage. In fact, another auction site owned by the same people uses phone # verification. So they can do it.

A quick look at the rules shows the original post does not violate the letter or the spirit of the rules. 'Sharing of bidder ID numbers or names to avoid bidding against another member" This is not what is going on here, and not the intent of the discussion.

One easy thing is to require ID verification before allowing a person to bid. Photocopy/scan of ID, verification of phone #, etc. I know other auction sites have required me to fax a copy of my ID before activating my account, or verify to a phone #, etc. GL? You can have as many accounts...