i have been following ebay recently and tried my luck at bidding on a few items. I have been consistently out bid. My issue is when I click on the bids and see who has been bidding, i am pleasantly surprised at the what the bidders bid on.

Ex: i was looking at a stanley #45 and bid $40.00 was high bidder until this morning, when someone out bid me. Upon looking at this bidders activity, I noticed that a) they only had a total of 15 bids, b) items bidded on previously were for completely different items - ie, lamps, pocket knife, wristwatch etc. and not many bids.

Seems to be that these "bidders" are possibly the original poster and trying to drive the bids up.

what are your thoughts.

paolo