Dude.. they were trying to shill you... make sure you had your max bid out and then try to bring you higher....
Tell them thanks, but you don't want it, and then if they offer it to you for a little less, you know it was a shill.
If we are to assume that David was being shilled with that auction then it is safe to assume that there was shilling when:
Deadlord36 wrote:After investigating, eBay discovers he's an international fraud criminal with a long history who has eluded Scotland Yard for a long time.