Tom, On top of that, if your max bid is the same or higher than Reserve, it will bid up to reserve. In this case, your max bid is below the reserve amount, so it only bid you up enough to be the high bidder.
Bruce Dayton Wednesday, January 30, 2002, 12:16:39 PM, you wrote: PL> No Tom, eBay only posts as much of your money as is needed to outbid the PL> current high bidder's maximum amount bid. If there was more money in your PL> max bid, then eBay will proxy bid it for you when someone else bids on the PL> item. This gives you the benefit of not paying any more than you have to PL> pay to win. PL> I hope that was clear. PL> Len PL> --- PL> -----Original Message----- PL> From: tom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] PL> Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2002 4:46 PM PL> To: pdml PL> Subject: OT: Confused by Ebay PL> While we're talkin' ebay... PL> There's an item I want, and it was at $280. I bid ~$380. I get a screen PL> telling me I'm the high bidder, but I haven't met the reserve price yet. PL> My bid sits at $300. PL> Huh? PL> I thought ebay would automatically up a bid to the reserve price. It PL> says right here: PL> http://pages.ebay.com/help/basics/g-reserve-auction.html PL> "If a bidder's maximum bid meets or exceeds the reserve, the bid will be PL> automatically raised to meet the reserve. " PL> And yet, there my bid sits, $80 under my max, $5 over the other bidder, PL> $X under the reserve. PL> I'm confused... PL> tv - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
