So now something else has happened that I found strange. I bid on a small accessory item (my max bid was only $15) and I was watching when the auction ended. I was the high bidder at $11.50, and I watched it count down all the way to zero but then instead of going to the page telling me I won the auction and asking for payment it went to a page that said "you didn't win this auction" and it showed the winning bid as $15.50 even though that bid never appeared and I watched it go all the way to 0 seconds. I'm really starting to lose faith in ebay.