Quote:
Originally Posted by SixgunStrumpet
Could be that there was a shill bidder, someone realized it and got mad, and just drove the price up with the intention of forcing the seller to eat the cost of the auction when their shill (of course) doesn't pay for it.
|
This would be my guess. The term for this maneuver is "nuclear" bid. The shill bidder's hand is forced and the complicit seller is hit with the fee.
Watch for the relist.