Maximum bid

[richarmccab-1]

I was watching an item on eBay that had received no bids, in the last few minutes of the auction a bid was received and the price of the item was £20, with just seconds to go I put in a maximum bid of £35, I won and had to pay £35. If there were no more bids why didn't I win the item for £20.01? If someone else bid what are the chances that I just beat them to win with my maximum bid? This just doesn't seem to add up, what's really going on? 

[pixiesen2012]

it means the other bidder placed a maximum bid near  £35, your bid was higher, so you won the item

you can see the other bidders maximum by clicking on the number of bids

[richarmccab-1]

In the space of eight seconds the bidder put in a bid that was just below my maximum seems quite a coincidence. How do I see the bidding history? I can’t find it on the app are logged in on a browser.

[pixiesen2012]

you thought the item was worth £35 why wouldn't someone else think it was worth about the same amount? this is how ebay works, people decide the maximum they are willing to pay for something and place that amount as their bid, most people wait until the last moments to stop other people then bidding higher, to see the bid history open the listing and click on the number of bids