This may be true. Maybe rare means that it appears once a month, or every few months. Another interesting thing has developed. Someone has outbid themselves multiple times... 15, 40, 46, 50, 71... I remember reading a prior thread where you mentioned that this is a tell tale sign of a sniper!
I'm anticipating multiple snipes on this item and I can only hope that my max bid exceeds theirs. The good new if you can call it that is that the item is still many many times under its retail price and there's about a day and a half left till the auction ends. From my little experience someone usually jacks up the price even before the last minute though.