Question Re: Oubid myself by increasing max bid in Member To Member Support DO NOT DELETE

Oubid myself by increasing max bid

frumper — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 09:25:15 GMT

I was winning an auction with a bid of £141, as the auction was ending in the early hours of the morning I increased my Max bid to £150.

The auction immeditely jumped to £150 with no-one else bidding. I therefore, outbid myself.

How is this possible?

plpmr — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:38:40 GMT

a bidder cannot bid against themselves - either there was a reserve or other bidder[s], look at the bidding history including the automatic bids.

frumper — Fri, 25 Jun 2021 10:50:40 GMT

There was a reserve. What happens in this situation? If your max bid is over the reserve does it jump straight to the reserve amount??

plpmr — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:25:09 GMT

yes, your bid jumps to the reserve and won't go any higher unless another bidder bids above you.

pixiesen2012 — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 07:30:11 GMT

that only happens when there is a reserve,

until you met the reserve you were the highest bidder but you weren't 'winning' the item, as items do not sell if they don't reach the reserve