>That's normal behavior. Autobid will only raise the bid to a
>point where you are the winning bidder, not your max bid. If
>someone else comes along and bid later, Autobid will continue
>to try to make you the winner up to your maximum bid.

I think you are referring to the normal proxy bid process, which will
immediately bid for you until either you are the winning bidder, or another
proxy is higher than your maximum bid.

I was referring to another system that holds your proxy bid until the
auction closes. The ebay software then attempts to apply any held proxy bids
to the currently bid price to see if the delayed bid is higher. This means
that you are not bidding up the price early on, and can potentially fool
someone into thinking they have won the item as there is no competitive
bidding, and hence they do not bid up the price to astronomical levels. I
have been back through my emails from eBay, but now cannot find the
reference to it. I must have tossed the email a while back as I have never
actually used the delayed bid system. As to wether this "scheme" is a good
or bad way of doing things, I am somewhat ambivalent. I guess it depends on
if it is winning you items or losing you items as to how you feel.

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