So what is the difference when the item is bid up in a couple days, do the bidders start fleeing then? What's the difference? Right now I see $175 on the main page. The other thing is if the person is really interested he has to keep placing bids against himself until he reaches the reserve and if they get tired they might decide to wait and come back near the end of the auction and if they are like me it slips by and I miss it! Personally when I see an item up in price I like to check it out. Hey, it's your auction do what you want, I just can see the logic in it.