So the private bidder could be a shill! I have seen auctions like this, especially from overseas. Items starts out very low, like $0.02. A 2 cent bid gets placed and then there are a string of private bids, maybe 10 or more that run the bid up to over $10.00.

I feel that there should be no private bids, even though it's hard to tell who's bidding with the cryptic user names.

What is the seller trying to hide?