It's not a bot, it's how listia works. For example, if I place a bid for 5,000 but the current bid is 4,000 listia will only show the minimum bid it takes to outbid the 4,000 which would be 4,001. If some places a bid for 4,001 listia will immediately tell you that you've been outbid by another user because I've already placed a bid for 5,000 and it will continue telling you that until you outbid me. Listia will never tell you how much another person really bids. If I bid 5,000 and I win the auction, but no one out bid me and the final minimum bid was raised to 4,500 due to people trying to outbid me, listia will only take 4,500 of the original 5,000 that I bid. Hope I explained that well enough lol. Anyways, fanned & watching. Most likely bidding.