This is probably just a coincidence but I wondered if anyone else has experienced this. I was the only bidder on an item, having placed the minimum opening bid of 200. With about 10 minutes to go I decided to increase my bid by an odd amount ($57 actually). With only about 10 seconds to go, a bid came through that was only 7 cents below my maximum... so I still won the auction but now had to pay my maximum. I figured I was divinely meant to have the item... but then had the conspiratorial thought that some bot jacked it up? I can see a last second bid attempt to win but this one was so dang close. Not sure how this would be possible but wanted to check in with fellow auction participants.
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