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Not a complaint, just confused.

Theres a 10pk of cigars, 175 lots, $39.99 starting bid.

I come in at 141 and my min bid is set at $42.99

How does someone bid after me at 143 2 bids later and get his for $39.00

Again, not a complaint, just trying to wrap my head around how this works exactly.

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Very simple. Chronologically this happened. Let's assume every person bid on only 1 lot, not multiples, for simplicity of explanation:

1. Auction opens. There are 175 lots available, $39.99 minimum allowable bid, no bids yet.

2. 140 people place bids, each starting at $39.99 (optionally with a secret AutoBid max amount).

3. There are now 35 lots remaining with no bids on them whatsoever, and a $39.99 minimum bid.

4. You come along and place a bid on one of those 35 lots, inexplicably using a starting bid of $42.99 (optionally with a secret AutoBid max amount).

5. There are now 34 lots remaining with no bids on them whatsoever, and a $39.99 minimum bid.

6. Other people come along and place starting bids of $39.99 (optionally with a secret AutoBid max amount) on those 34 lots.

In other words, you only irreversibly raised the "bid floor" on YOUR OWN lot, not all of them. There was NO reason for you to do this whatsoever, you should've used a starting bid of the minimum possible amount, in this case $39.99, and then set your AutoBid max to the maximum amount you'd be ultimately willing to pay. NEVER set your STARTING bid to the maximum you're willing to pay, ALWAYS set it as low as the system will possibly allow!

You could have irreversibly raised the "bid floor" for ALL remaining lots, but to do that you would've had to place either a starting bid or an AutoBid max of $42.99 on ALL 35 REMAINING LOTS. That would be the only way to do it, and obviously that's very expensive to do, unless others later exceed your bids on many or all 35 of those lots.

Read up some more on how multiple-lot auctions really work, and you'll understand fully.
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He said when he bid the min was $42.99, so this wouldn't apply. The bid before his and after his are also $42.99. He is bidding on the Rocky Patel Vintage 1979 and he is now bidder #140 and the $39.99 bidder is #142.

No, what happens is if someone has bid on something and then goes back and raises or lowers their max bid, their bid time gets reset to the current time. Their current bid is still the same.

Man I am glad yall got that all figured out. I was starting to stress over here.

That is it, because I’ve done it.

Yup. Happened to me lots of times too. I learned to ALWAYS set an AutoBid max that I am comfortable sticking with forever, upon INITIALLY placing my bid... and then NEVER TOUCHING the bid again (no changes to AutoBid max, no changes of any kind) and just watching the auction run to completion in a hands-off manner.


I'm not sure, but I think I recall that your price would indeed go up first, as now you're "the noob" of all the bidders.

Folks, be REALLY SURE you like the AutoBid amount before placing your bid initially.
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Yea, I have also lower my bid a number of times because I had low bid on several things and actually got them. I only ever change my max bid, usually it is because I bid on a bunch of things and didn't win any of them, so I might up my max a little on something I want. But like now, I have 10-15 low bids out there, if I get 1-2 I am happy, if I start winning more than 3-4 than I start panicking that my wife will find out and I won't be able to go to the cigar lounge here and play poker. A man has to know his wives limitations. lol