"The other buyers offer may have been "including shipping" as well. I have done this to make people who see my offer feel they are being "out bid" on the item. What you do not see is the text we send to the seller who is asking $50 for something plus $10 shipping and I offer a visible $55 but state that that includes shipping. Not really a big secret... Or is ir"

To me that would be ok, but if someone offered a full price offer of $50+shipping, why would he take your lower offer of $55 including shipping? Hummmm, maybe I'm missing something, or in my case, maybe the guy really offered $5 more and the seller took the opportunity to make a few more bucks..but then it would be sold to the highest bidder. Doesn't really matter it was only a couple of servos.

John, thanks for the clarification. I did email him before posting here, but havn't heard from him. Thanks again for letting me know how things work on the classified ads.