two thoughts come to mind : (1) golden675 is like a goldenparachute package, or a golden shill..........OR......(2) not knowing the details of proxy bidding, but would this possibly be an example of someone having placed a high proxy bid and then when someone ELSE places a bid below the proxy max, the proxy keeps UPPING the ante til it reaches its max, thus looking like Golden was playing games. I placed several bids once for an item, each time it said my bid was not high enough as i had been outbid. i gave up. my bid never showed. but someone elses did in succession like this persons bid. as it was told to me afterwards, the person outbidding me had a high proxy, or higher than i was going to bid, and the bid history looked like this one. now, i dont know if i was fed bs or not, so if someone here is ebay savvy relative to proxy bidding, i would welcome the chance to get informed. bill, not always the sharpest knife in the drawer,but willing to be sharpened -----Original Message----- From: DLen1261@aol.com [mailtoLen1261@aol.com] Sent: Monday, June 20, 2005 4:15 PM To: shelbymustang@carmemories.com Subject: $50K bid on "recreation" 66 Hertz??? eBay item 4557147048 (Ends Jun-20-05 14:40:49 PDT) - Ford : Mustang WHO is "golden675" and WHY has he/she bid this auction up $20K above the next-highest bidder? Or do I really need to ask? Or...am I missing something here? Dave
