Sounds like a shill bidder. Ebay will allow you to retract your bid if you think you made a mistake. I'm not watching the auction but you're right, something is wrong. Anyone can report it to Ebay. If they determine wrongdoing, they will cancel the listing.

I am not an EBay follower. But on another knife Forum there was a reference to a tenite RMK that those forumites said was a scam. The person selling it did not have the knife listed, so the fourmite said. (don’t know how that was determined). As well the seller said his PayPal account has been closed and would only accept eBay gift card.
Have no idea if they are the same knife or not.

Yes Rod , that one you are talking about was up recently but was taken down. It is a scammer who in one of the pictures states ( in a note ) he is willing to take about $1,500 ( for a MINT canteen snap Randall Tenite knife ) in a direct sale and lists his email address for contact ( In pic ) .
That is a scam that pops up every couple of months .

This auction is a different one . I suspect the seller has someone who is shill bidding for him to test the current high bids .

That bidder ( shill ? ) has over 1600 feedback so not a newbie to Ebay .

If you look at the auction bid history page you will see what i mean .

Bidder Action Date of Bid and Retraction
1***.(1654)
Retracted:$4,101.00
Bid:24 Apr 2019 at 11:51:34PM PDT
Retracted:26 Apr 2019 at 11:13:37AM PDT
1***.(1654)
Retracted:$3,999.00
Bid:23 Apr 2019 at 6:21:32PM PDT
Retracted:23 Apr 2019 at 6:59:08PM PDT


I copied and pasted the above info from his bid retractions .


Retracted a $3,999. bid on 4/23.
Retracts a $4,101. bid on 4/26 ( today ) ? Hmmmmm .

Retracts a high bid and goes back to place an even higher bid .After 2 days with no action/move against it retracts that one too .

ahhh yess!!!
buy knife, not the story!!!

:-)Rocky

I don't think the guy is a shill, he probably changed his mind. I do agree it is a bit odd to cancel two different bids. He is from your neck of the woods clayton.


https://www.ebay.com/str/newyorkcustomknives

I'm glad that he did cancel his bid because I'm high bidder once again.

Maybe he realized it isn’t a “Canteen Snap” at all.."but a “Lift the Dot Snap”. So maybe that changes the whole deal for him.

LOL , good one .

Could be he's just testing and pushing the high bid in preparation for a last second bid at the end of the auction.