[rescue] Wow

[George Adkins]

>   Sure, I'd likely have won if I'd put in a $2000 bid a half hour before
> the auction ended.  But you know, I really didn't want to spend that
> much.
>
Then the solution is a sealed bid auction.
anybody who wants to bids, all the bids are kept secret until the auction is 
over.

then you don't have to worry that there might be someone out there who's 
willing to pay more for an item than you are.

-G