Considering you both live in the exact same town, and are Listia friends I'm more inclined to believe your friend was trying to up the bid to reach my maximum bid amount, but messed up and became the high bidder herself. Congrats, unless some sucker comes along and bids more in the next hour, your friend just donated credits to you. Try having an honest auction in the future, but rest assured that I won't be a bidder!
Like I said, a mistake. Not a problem. I am sorry that it discouraged you, as there is no way to retract a bid. I will be more than happy to forward my code to you anyway. I do bid on many rewards listings and I list some of my own. I have another in my inbox that I can't enter into mcr yet this week. I will give you one of those too. Sorry for any trouble. <3