Likely a shill. Joined today and placed his bid around 2 hours before the end just to drive up the bidding.
Pete Rutledge wrote:
> Well, the scam one-day auction many of us first observed early this
> morning was never pulled by eBay (despite at least 3 CR members
> reporting it to eBay as fraudulent) and ended on schedule late this
> afternoon with 8 bids; high bid was $512.73! The unfortunate high
> bidder has zero feedback. Note that, unlike some other scams we've
> discussed, this one did not require payment by wire transfer, but
> required payment by cashiers check or money order.
>
> Pete Rutledge
> Woodbridge, VA
>
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Phil Sieg
Knoxville, Tennessee