I cant follow ebay at all. You will have a gts clock with bids of $50 and another one is listed and the bids go straight to $140? Do people not do searches before they bid?
Ebay is the same as clearing sales, people will pay $7.50 for second hand steel posts, you can go and buy new ones for $7.50. I think people get the idea winning the auction is the important part, wrong, winning the auction for what the bit is worth is the important thing.