Rage against the machine
MY mate E tells me he is wondering if he is being diddled when he bids on the internet. I was sceptical. But E is not given to hyperbole or paranoia so I asked him to expand. He has been bidding on both the-saleroom.com and Invaluable.com (I’m keeping his name secret as much from his wife as you) and every time he taps ‘Buy’, that item then goes on to sell, him in hot pursuit, for multiples over high estimate. Conversely, similar things he does not bid for in the same sale sell within estimate, or don’t sell. Given how downright devious technology is becoming he’s worried ‘it’ – whatever ‘it’ is - has noted what a determined bidder he can be and is bidding him up.
I have a love-hate relationship with these bidding sites and would love to cry “Foul!” I love that they automatically ‘ping’ me things I want from all over the world. Pre-internet, collectors paid local ‘runners’
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