Is it true that the first maximum bid of at least the reserve immediately moves the price up to the reserve? I've been trying to find this out in eBay Help, but the information doesn't seem to be there. If so, it strikes me as very unfair, since it may be that no other bid is anywhere near, and you should only be committed to one increment over the next highest bid, as normal; if that doesn't win, so be it. The only way to avoid the trap that I can think of (unless you have been told the reserve, of course) is to bid repeated small increases for as long as you want, which is a bore.
