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I was in the same boat with eBay many years ago. Playing up on the bidding and overpaying for what I got caught up on. Now a days, when I see something I want, I set a maximum price I'll pay for something and leave it at that. I've bid on stuff that I suspected was being driven up by a friend of the seller. The way I see it, if you don't fall into the trap of overbidding, you don't lose. And just maybe, just maybe, the "friend" who's bidding up the price will win and the buyer loses out on selling it.