yeah, if someone did on purpose. also they could of ran it up themselves, and then the runner up always gets the old, second chance offer because bidder is unable to pay reason. i wonder how often that works. sure sometimes it legit, but i always have the feeling that if that bidder wasn't against me i would of bought it for alot less.
out of all the stuff i have bought of ebay, it's only happen to me a handfull of times. everytime (except once) i have explained to the seller that i would of bought it for less if it wasn't for the skipped bidder, and everyone of them have never offered any off, so i passed on every second chance offer. the one time that i did get anything the seller said that he would sell it to me for the last live bid that i had without the runner ups bid, it worked out good, i think i got about $100 off of a poster and i believe he free shipped it also.