People casually throw words around like "manipulation" and don't always understand what that actually means.

You can choose how much any price is, if its too high chances of it selling is very low if at all.
If you offer a lower price than the general populous then it is likely to sell quickly.

Whichever way you go is absolutely fine and your business, nothing wrong with it, and best of luck.

Simple.

If Person A lists a post about an item for sale and Person B and Person C are making offers on that thread, however, if Person A also then asks his friends/makes alt accounts to put "fake bids" to compete in the bid against person A and Person B.

That is "price manipulation"

It's something that might be frowned upon by those with more of a conscience and honest however it isn't anything necessarily illegal.

Even happens on a massive auction website such as Ebay.com

This sort of thing has been going on since the days before holy scriptures were even written, the best you can do to protect yourselves is educate yourselves as best you can.

Knowledge is power.

Also wise to remember "If there's smoke there's fire", if something seems a little suspect/suspicious just stay away from it and you'll less likely lose out ^.^



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