I still don't understand what you are trying to say. Maybe I'm just slow. I want something that is, say $7 at the time of my wanting to bid on it, and it's in two dollar increments. Someone (maybe more than one) already there has their auto bid set up to bid a maxium of $15 for that item. I bid $9 on it. Of course I'm not going to show ... I wasn't high enough. And of course, since I did place a bid, those who used that feature will have their bids increase. Only when I pass the lowest autobid will I be in the running. Am I missing something?