Well, that just pretty much SUCKS!  Now, on the 
snip-bidding, it 'sucks' (with little letters), 
but it is how on-line and real-world auctions go, 
but it's still a heart-breaker.

  What SUCKS (with capital letters, followed by 
many explicatives and tears) is the betrayal of a 
friendship by an action that be-speaks of one 
more rightly called and enemy and of a someone 
whose ethics place them in with the worst.  It is 
unfortunate that people such as forked-tongue, 
snip-bidders exist, but they do... I think most 
heartbreaking is the betrayal of a friendship... 
which for me far outstrips the rest in this sad 
experience.

Best Wishes, Michael C.