It's an Auction you bid the amount you're willing to pay. If the item passes your limit you can continue to bid or quit. If you can get it cheaper then do so. I don't bid on Auctions until the end to see how far the amount goes and if I'm willing to pay it. By then if it's already over market value then there's no reason for me to waste my time, I don't care how much I want it.
If you do your homework, know the value of what you're biding on and how much you're willing to bid then your good. Either you win it or you don't, that's just the way it is, it's a chance you take if not,.. then just buy it some where else and or don't bid at all.
I watch his Auctions for a chance to get items cheaper than market value nothing more nothing less. If he has people on there jacking up the prices,.. that's fine they're stuck with an over priced item not me. Unless they have some other arrangements where they're not actually paying what they're biding. But that makes no since what so ever, then Ben would be screwing himself.
Sometimes I question Auctions with stock photos instead of actual photos of animals. Those could be from Auctions that his friends over bid and ended up with. But even then very few people would remember what it looked like anyway unless it was a recent Auction or something that really stood out.