The following table has been reorganized and sorted into date order. First bid placed is line #1. That should make it easier to follow the auction. Two additional columns have been calculated and added. They are the current bid and high bidder, as displayed on eBay after each bid is placed. v2.1.08 * = Winning bid. (may be less than actual maximum entered.) Max Current Winning # BIDDER Bid Day & Time Bid & Bidder (US $) 1 jasmin 150.00 03-Mar 19:51:05 150.00 jasmin 2 jasmin 170.00 09-Mar 07:05:22 150.00 jasmin 3 bwillia *202.50 09-Mar 07:05:28 172.50 bwillia 4 jasmin 200.00 09-Mar 07:05:43 202.50 bwillia End 09-Mar 07:05:47
eBays bid history is in bid amount order. The above table is in time order.
jasmin placed an initial bid at the minimum amount on the third.
Near auction end, jasmin thought it wise to increase that amount to 170.
A few seconds later bwillia placed a bid for 202.50 (or more) and took the lead.
jasmin appears to have sniped or saw this bid and attempted to win by bidding 200, but failed to beat bwillia's max.