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People have created accounts and bid on their own stuff to try to raise the price. If caught, they are deleted from the system by E-bay. As many people wait until the last few minutes to make a bid, it is probably the surest way to win something.
You see an item that has a current bid of $100, and you tell eBay that youâre willing to pay $115 for it. The $115 becomes your maximum bid. The bid increment on this item is $2.50, so eBayâs bidding softwareâyour proxyâbids $102.50 in your name. This becomes the current high bid.