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Brian E.Who cares? j/k, sometimes I try to understand things that don't make sense.
My observations involving three bidders:
1) Shill bidding, possibly encourage by the seller or possibly not
2) The first bid appears to be a legit $1 bid
3) The leading bidder has bid on a total of three Ebay auctions, all on items from the same seller.
4) The 2nd leading bidder has bid on a toal of five Ebay auctions, three of five items from the seller, and one time being a computer, a totally unrelated item.
Funny business and probably a violation of Ebay's shill bid policy. It could be the seller themselves with multiple accounts, or friends, or office workers etc...
Brian E
edited: let me suggest one more explanation, Ebay vigalantes that are tired of the seller and are looking at boosting the seller's final sale price and leave them stranded with the Ebay bill and later negative feedback.