What benefit does maximum bid viewing have for the auction house in a timed event on Proxibid? Perhaps the option should be banned because unintentionally it leaves the impression that someone is engaged in shill bidding without the proper transparency notice.
Perhaps we don’t understand the dynamics of seeing maximum bids in an auction that is timed technologically. True, the auctioneer can get a sense of how much bidders are willing to spend on a lot; but that transparency does no one any good if the session is run fair and square on the portal. It could be that the auction house can withdraw a lot that doesn’t seem to be doing well as time runs out; but we seldom, if ever, see that happen.
We hate to think that this option allows offsite shill bidding.
Proxibid has a brand of trust. We just don’t trust this option and think it should be banned … unless, of course, we are mistaken in our suspicion.
What do you think, if you are a bidder? If an auctioneer, what are we missing with this practice that can ease our concern?
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