Well, at 9:00 last night they still hadn't pulled the auction. I emailed the other bidders to let them know what his bidding histories looked like on his other auctions. I can't access ebay from my work computer, so I can't check to see who won or what it went for-

Thanks for the titanium-stormtrooper trade!

Thanks to Jeff for organizing another great swap meet and get-together!

And the one he did win and "couldn't pay for" was a whopping $16.50. I'm sure the guy who came in second got a "second chance offer" and felt oh-so-lucky.

Remember: just because we move in flocks, baaa at everything, and are targets for potential fleecing doesn't mean we should sit still when the shears start or the wolf comes sniffing around.

If ebay doesn't pull this guy, I will contact the winners of his previous auctions to alert them to the bidding histories on their auctions as well as the others. Ebay will soon be deluged with complaints. All of these winners should be entitled to a fraud refund for the difference on the final price as if "bathing chimp" hadn't entered a bid.

Keep an eye on it...

I went through this guys feedback and looked back at his previous auctions. Every item he sold, bathingxchimp was a bidder, usually second place. I only went through about 10 of them, but that was enough to report to ebay.

Well, now I am even more confused. The Starwarsshop.com site shows the tauntaun shipping in JULY, while the gentle giant site show it as in stores now, but won't let you order it.

Has anyone heard anything about this item?

According to the scum, they are here....

That's a tough call. Initially he went for quite a bit on the ebay, but things have cooled off significantly there. If it doesn't matter to you, you could probably find a local collector who would trade you 2 other figures for it.

On the other hand, if you like the uniqueness of the stand, hey open it up! You'll never get it cheaper than you did.