auction 'buy backs'

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"you need to have someone you trust and someone that trusts you to bid on the car and buy it"

The above actions at BJ do more to tarnish this hobby or business than any fake build sheet,rebody, or trim tag sale on ebay could ever do. [ QUOTE ]
It works very simply: At Russo, the seller's contract states he may bid on his own car. And he will pay both commissions

[/ QUOTE ] How can this possibly be Legal, when 3 people went to jail a few months ago for bidding up a friends 75K painting on ebay ?????