What is Shill Bidding?
Shill Bidding is the unethical practice of having a second account or a friend with an account who intentionally places bids on your items in an attempt to drive up the price of an auction. It also refers to placing a bid on a piece you may not intend to purchase in order to raise the price against a competitor to make them pay more. The first form of “shilling” is against FurBuy policy, and may even be illegal in your place of residence by law. The only justification for the second form of bid shilling is that the protagonist will be responsible for completing the transaction with the seller in the event that they do not, in fact, get outbid by their competitor. So bidders beware, either one of these two types of Shill Bidding could get you removed from FurBuy, and possibly in trouble with the law. If you can’t pay for an item, or don’t want to pay for an item, then do NOT place the bid.
