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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.
eBay's bidding process works like this: You enter the maximum amount you are willing to pay for the item, and eBay bids incrementally on your behalf until the bidding reaches the maximum amount you entered. So if we decide we are willing to pay $2.00 for this set of Pez dispensers, we enter $2.00 in the bid slot.