Rare that I agree with Steamwake but I agree.
The issue is these bots of often controlled by get rich quick schemes where suckers shell out cash for a program that "Finds and buys items for quick sell and PROFIT!" These programs then bid on everything in sight fully expected that half the bids will be beat by bots sitting right on the backbone within a few ns at worst.
It is completely rigged and sellers there know it. I automatically skip any without Buy It now because I know then the seller is buying time for the bots to show.
I dont know how much money my parents had to waste to outbid the bots limit in order to get old radios for restoration. I saw it personally when I asked them to bid on an ATI 550 tuner card. They thought my limit was 45 for some reason and it took that to beat the bot for a 20 or 15 USD card.
BTW I may be wrong but isnt it unlawful in many areas to bid on your own sale?
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