Thanks, Mark and Brenda. This just made no sense to me as I hadn't ever
seen this "ploy" before...



"Brenda Ann" wrote in message
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"Jim Hackett" wrote in message
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Item # 6556845727

How can an auction start at $1, have 6 bids, all by the same person for
$1
and the high bid STILL be $1???

Can anyone splain this?

I can field this one (having had the same thing happen).

Opening bid is $1. You bid $1.. later, you decide to up the bid to say,
$3,
so you do. The bid still stays at $1 because no one has bid against you.
You
keep thinking... maybe I'll bid a bit more.. so you go to $5, $8, $10...
so
your max bid goes up, but the current bid still stays at $1. But your new
bids show up as new bids in the bidding list.