[Excaliber]

I never thought about it, "Bid Siphoning" that is, I guess it is a policy of e-bay to not allow such things. Sounds like a good "law" to me. If someone else has something for sale, let THEM put it on e-bay themselves.

My guess is this sort of thing happens quite a lot?

...curious that FF would lock down the thread, as it seems like this is at least good for "public education".

Ernie