First , i dont think pɑy.com was bidding by a newbie (+ on a SEDO page tale the buyer what is it), second possible to be a fake auction (i see a lot on SEDO), and 3 thing i think my domain is better/much potential then pɑy.com
"You are about to bid on a domain name that contains special non-English characters (i.e. "ä","ö","ü","á","é", "í") and is anINTERNATIONALIZED DOMAIN (IDN). Technically the domain is: XN--PY-5EB.COM"