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T206Collector...you bid on this auction so far in advance. Why would you do that?
As I have said about a zillion times on Net54, if you bid on an ebay auction more than 20 seconds before it ends, you are inviting both legitimate bids against your proxy as well as illegitimate shill bids. Gavelsnipe.com is free and works beautifully.
Save yourself the aggravation and lost money.... stop lining the pockets of sellers by bidding early.... The only people who gain advantage by early bidding are the seller and the auction house. Why else do you think the auction houses advise you to "bid early and often"?
Bidders need to take steps to protect themselves. I have very little sympathy for those that place extraordinarily high ceiling bids early and then wonder why people bid into their ceiling.