well i did send brent a message via ebay questioning the underbidders behavior in one of his auctions...and his response was something like this:
Hello,
Thanks for reaching out. The high bidder is a highly reputable buyer
of ours. The under bidder who has placed a series of bids also has a
rather reasonable track record of buying quality sportscards, though
not with us. We don't think highly of these string bids where the bid
is consistently increased in small margins, but unfortunately this is
a behavior that members of the public seem to enjoy for one silly
reason or another (i.e. just enjoy the perceived competition and
hitting the 'bid' button repeatedly).
That said, we have searched the bidding on this item completely and
confirmed that everything is 100% legitimate and honest (albeit
somewhat eccentric).
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