Originally Posted by POS

Too many skeptics. When you place the first bid, it gets registered as that first bid. In this case, $5000. However, the bidder can come back and up his bid in case someone else tries to enter the auction. If he does that, his bid doesn't go up to his maximum, it stays at the $5000 because he can't bid against himself, but it does get registered as another entry. So, he bid once. Then came back and bid again, but until someone else bids against him, it'll just show two bids at $5000.

This is normal. Probably not shills.