In this way, the device doesn't even have to exist.
What you're really doing, then, is creating a simulated auction viewing experience which participants can watch or participate in. If a real person actually ends up buying something, you just go out and purchase it on Amazon and ship it to them.
Amazing that this isn't considered a scam by the authorities.
> Amazing that this isn't considered a scam by the authorities.
Enforcement in this area is largely complaint driven, and the target market for these sites is, I gather, generally not the most aware of their rights and likely to complain.
And, the sites may have favorable internal dispute resolution processes that assure that the kind of people that would complain are kept happy, so that complaints to government authorities don't happen.