Problem with Auto Bid, it went straight to my maximum
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I had an issue with an Auto bid on trade me motors and I was wondering if someone could help explain what happened. Last night I placed an auto bid on a 1976 Honda CB 200 setting the maximum at $1750. At the time the highest bid was $1310. The reserve had not been met. I was under the impression that auto bid would keep bidding in incremental amounts up to the value of $1750 as other bids were placed. It did not do this but instead bid $1750 in one bid which I did not want for obvious reasons. In this case the reserve was still not met. What went wrong here?
Cheers
Richard
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L Community SuperuserHi Richard. There is a very specific order to placing an auto bid and it caught me out once a while ago. If you go to the help page shown below it shows the order in which it should be done on whatever application you are using.
https://help.trademe.co.nz/hc/en-us/articles/360007263411-Placing-a-bid#Auto-bidding
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S Community SuperuserKia Ora Richard,
Yes! this is normal, as your Highest Auto-bid did not reach Reserve your highest bid is placed. - It would auto-bid as you expect if the Reserve had been met, by one increment at a time.
Refer to Placing a bid – Help - Trade Me FAQ's - Cheers.
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