"On the otherhand..... how do we know the $25000 max was true?.... "

All you have to do is go to the auction page, click on bid histroy and you will see what they bid. It is automaticlly put up by ebay when someones bid is canceled.

Sounds like someone was having a bad day when he did not get that strike so he was going to make it so no one would get it. This is NOT the first time things like this have happened.

Lee