I wouldn't doubt it, however, it has to do with demand. People can create hype and send their cronies out to jack up the bids, however, if nobody is looking for the item that they listed, or they aren't interested in paying over a certain price, there will be no bidding wars amongst serious buyers. If you have something worth bidding on, and it's something that is in high demand, you will see the bidding wars happen.The bottom line I never get the good BID wars for my stuff . Does any one think that MANY of the bid wars on Ebay are with the help of Shills
One strategy that I use is to play "dumb" when I list something that's in high demand. While other people boast about the item being "very rare" or being an "awesome deal" or they say "hurry don't miss out" I will simply say, "I have this item for sale. I don't know what it is or what it does... blah-blah-blah...." and then the wars begin because everyone that sees it thinks that they are getting over on me until they realize that 10 other people have the same idea and then nobody wants to be "one-upped" by the other guy. By the end of the auction I end up walking away with 15% to 20% of what I expected.
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