Nick Hull wrote in news:nhull-3B5645.09273219022005
@corp.supernews.com:

I was interested in some dial calipers that "800 watt" sells on ebay, he
seems to put a couple up for auction every week. When the price on the
one I was bidding on got too high, I dropped out and instead bid on an
identical item that had been listed for several days at $13.99 with ZERO
bidders. With 2 days to go I put in an initial bid at $13.99 with a
maximum bid of $18. In less than 60 seconds after my bid was accepted I
was outbid! And my shill-o-meter started activating.

How could someone outbid me in a minute on an item that had been sitting
for days with no bids and had 2 days to go and there was another
identical item with no bids? Could this be anyone but the seller? If
there had been a starting bid by someone else obviously they would have
gotten an e-mail that i outbid them, but who gets notice that I entered
a starting bid? Can anyone tell me what is going on?


Screw him. Buy from one of the tool suppliers. It's not like Chinese
calipers are hard to find. Odds are that they are all made in the same
place. Try these:

http://tinyurl.com/3lgut I've bought from them with no problems.

http://tinyurl.com/5dhdj

http://tinyurl.com/6o9o4

Dan