everything i've bought on ebay the past couple months have had these "Bidder 1/2/#" jackasses hitting up the price of everything a solid 10%. who are these clowns? is this some new ebay scam? someone that jacks up bids in return for a commission?
Some auctions (I'm not sure, but I think it's when it gets over $200) have anonymous bidding. The names of the actual bidders are replaced by aliases: bidder1, bidder2, etc. until the auction is over. Then you can see their real user names. I've also seen partially hidden names.