They are running their own scam. Imagine that you bid $200 for an item and set an automatic max bid at $500. Then , one other person bids $510. But.... retracts the bid. The bid should go back to $200 right? Well apparently at eBay it would take your max bid. They get a percentage of the sale. Well they just got payed a lot more. I asked for a copy of bidding history for the item I won. They refused to give it to me. I smell class action.
