Nope, I didn't push the price up as I seldom (ie. almost never) bid directly on ebay. Sorry about loosing the bid. Truthfully, I thought I has canceled my bid and didn't realize that I had won the auction till I was checking my email the next morning, but now that I have the bass I can honestly say that it is simply amazing. Now if I could only find its 5 string twin brother........(Yeah right, my wife would leave me and take the dog! I love that dog.)