Since we have had so many posts on the strategy of bidding here is a puzzle I haven't been able to solve. In a recent auction (winner list below) q_99 was the winner. How is it that q_99 bid shows 05:11:47 i.e. before the bids from others yet he never appeared in the list previously? When was his bid placed with Ebay and why didn't it show up earlier like it would with a Proxy bid.
User ID Bid Amount Date of bid
q_99 ( 510) US $59.58 Sep-14-04 05:11:47 PDT
ozarkarkie ( 139) US $59.50 Sep-14-04 20:59:18 PDT
ozarkarkie ( 139) US $57.00 Sep-14-04 20:53:36 PDT
ciaopiacere ( 16) US $54.00 Sep-14-04 18:53:17 PDT
ciaopiacere ( 16) US $52.00 Sep-14-04 18:52:47 PDT
airbornefa ( 199) US $50.00 Sep-14-04 17:55:46 PDT
hitman357 ( 130) US $43.57 Sep-14-04 01:28:55 PDT
greenarmyman_01 ( 6 ) US $25.00 Sep-14-04 01:11:24 PDT
traamanh98 ( 12) US $15.00 Sep-13-04 21:42:21 PDT
kathymellish ( 95) US $10.01 Sep-13-04 22:33:18 PDT
kathymellish ( 95) US $5.01 Sep-13-04 22:33:07 PDT
enrseg ( 13) US $1.00 Sep-13-04 22:00:11 PDT
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