I think the point Larry is trying to make is that the new bid was at 1:40am and not 1:29am. That is TOO close to 1:29am. If you were going to do the strategy that Lance is suggesting, you would put your bid at 2:25am (just before the 10% extra bidder premium takes effect), and not 1:40am, which is only 10 minutes after the first bump. There's a too good chance bidders might still be around and check another 10 minutes after the bump, which is why this looks suspicious. Of course, Lance could be suggesting that some bidders could prefer 15% bid increments to 10%, which I guess is possible.
BTW, I have won from Clean Sweep before, and I am not making any judgment here on whether they shill or not. I have no idea, and they had a couple of lots last night that I was very interested in bidding on if only I had the funds.
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