idiot fake bidders on there... don't understand why ebay doesn't close those accounts.
well, it's def not new ;-) I wouldn't pay that mouch for it, even when it was MISB.
Anyway, not entirely true: i'm also a collector and always looking for nice things on ebay, sometimes i do start of with my max bid and wait how it goes.
I never use the same methods when bidding. sometimes i wait until last moment, sometimes i start right away ;-)