There was an item that I won that had a starting bid of $0.01 ($.05 increment bid). I made a proxy bid max of $0.32. At the time when I made the bid, the current price was $0.06 and the minimum bid was $0.11. My final winning price was $0.15. Now when I went to look at the bid history, the 2nd highest bidder made a proxy bid max of $0.10. So my question is why is my final winning bid $0.15 and not $0.11? If I had made the minimum bid of $0.11, then I would have won it at that price. But because I made a proxy bid of $0.32, I somehow was penalized for it, and my winning bid was one increment bid above the 2nd highest bidder. I know this is only 4 pennies difference, which is no big deal. But it will be a big deal when more money is involved ($0.01 vs. $5.00 difference)
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