Huge jump in bid

[Caro972 10]

Hi there

I am relatively new - is it normal for a buyer to just bid several hundred rand higher than the last bidder? I was tracking an item with R100 bid increments, and the highest bid was R101, and next thing someone bid R500? Does this happen a lot? surely the buyer would enter the R500 in the "maximum amount to bid" section once the bid was placed?

here is the link

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/item/13525388/Perfect_GIFT_ROUND_BRILLIANT_CUT_0_45CT_CRAZY_R1_No_reserve.html

 

hope i got it right?

Thanks

Caro972

[admin 11]

Hi Caro972,

 

I am sure that is exactly what happened. moecaj must have entered R500 as an auto bid and when Tamea put in a bid, the auto bid function came into play.

 

http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/static/help/Auction_FAQs.html#BeforeAucFAQs4

[Caro972 10]

Oh thank you- I understand now!