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<p>[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 8233265, member: 39084"]I didn't write that 605 was the winning bid. I wrote that 605 was "listed as winning at 605 CHF" i.e., listed as the <i>currently highest bid</i>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Why would the auction site show 605 CHF as the currently highest bid if your maximum bid was 700 CHF or 750 CHF? At the very least, it would increment the bid by 50 CHF and show you as the currently highest bidder at 655 CHF. Maybe this is a bug in the bidding software.</p><p><br /></p><p>Regardless, my initial post simply explained that, at some point a bidder made a bid of 555, or 605, or some odd increment. Algorithmically, if your maximum bid was 750, and my maximum bid was 800, the software would increment the currently winning bid in increments of 50 CHF up to 755 CHF, at which I would be the winner since your maximum was exceeded.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="IdesOfMarch01, post: 8233265, member: 39084"]I didn't write that 605 was the winning bid. I wrote that 605 was "listed as winning at 605 CHF" i.e., listed as the [I]currently highest bid[/I]. Why would the auction site show 605 CHF as the currently highest bid if your maximum bid was 700 CHF or 750 CHF? At the very least, it would increment the bid by 50 CHF and show you as the currently highest bidder at 655 CHF. Maybe this is a bug in the bidding software. Regardless, my initial post simply explained that, at some point a bidder made a bid of 555, or 605, or some odd increment. Algorithmically, if your maximum bid was 750, and my maximum bid was 800, the software would increment the currently winning bid in increments of 50 CHF up to 755 CHF, at which I would be the winner since your maximum was exceeded.[/QUOTE]
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