"DoN. Nichols" wrote in message
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On 2009-02-17, wrote:
Today I watched auctions and bid on auctions for mill accessories.

a) I bid $1250, the winner bid $1275

No -- the winner *actually* probably bid something like
$1500.00, and the minimum bid increment was $25.00, so eBay's proxy
bidding system bid the minimum increment over your bid. If your bid had
been higher, either his would have been $25.00 over what you bid, or
your bid would have been higher than his maximum bid and you would have
won it.

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Pretty much what DoN said, but be advised that if there are two bids, only
cents apart, the high bid wins. Susan beat out a person by three cents on a
piece of Tiffany glass. It's not common, but it happens. High bid wins.

Harold