I too have noticed the mysterious early bidding and then watches being re-listed at a BIN in excess of an earlier 'winning' price. Let's not beat around the bush and state that there are too many sellers who obviously employ friends/different IP addresses to put on a bidding show to falsely inflate the price. I guess the optimistic view is that there are still deals to be had, one only has to search harder. I tend towards the pessimistic view that the days of sensible deals on ebay are gone and will not buy another watch from ebay.