Raising max bid bets against me?

[reliable-communications]

I used the "raise your maximum bid" "feature" AND without intervening bids, it raised my bids!  Here's the bids with "show all bids" and it's clear:

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Highest Bidderreliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$129.95	5 Dec 2024 at 5:41:47am PST
reliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$126.00	5 Dec 2024 at 5:37:34am PST
reliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$121.00	2 Dec 2024 at 5:26:28am PST
This is an automatic bid (proxy bid) placed by eBay on behalf of the bidder.reliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$118.50	2 Dec 2024 at 5:26:28am PST
5***3Feedback Score (279)	$116.00	4 Dec 2024 at 9:56:15pm PST
This is an automatic bid (proxy bid) placed by eBay on behalf of the bidder.5***3Feedback Score (279)	$113.50	4 Dec 2024 at 9:56:15pm PST
reliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$111.00	2 Dec 2024 at 5:26:20am PST
This is an automatic bid (proxy bid) placed by eBay on behalf of the bidder.reliable-communicationsFeedback Score (244)	$103.50	2 Dec 2024 at 5:26:20am PST
5***3Feedback Score (279)	$101.00	4 Dec 2024 at 9:56:05pm PST

Can someone explain how my Increase Maximums went from $118.50 o $129 by "raising maximum?"

Not making sense to me.

Thanks all

[eburtonlab]

What is the item number?

If what you have posted is an accurate representation of the bid history with nothing left out, it appears that the seller had a $129.95 reserve on that auction.

[woodland_gnome · Accepted solution]

There was a Reserve Price of $129.95 on the auction.   The listing page would have said "Reserve not met" at all times before you placed that highest bid (we don't know how much that bid was actually for since eBay only shows as much as needed to win and hides the rest--in the case of the first bidder to meet the Reserve it is the exact amount of the Reserve Price unless the prior leader had just missed meeting the Reserve by less than 1 bid increment so that underbid plus up to 1 bid increment makes the price higher than the Reserve Price).

If you were NOT rebidding  (on the 2nd and on the 5th) without there being a higher bid exactly because the auction was "Reserve not met" then why exactly were you doing so?

[reliable-communications]

Thank you!!!  I missed that little nuance - thanks!!!
My penchant for price discovery disconnected the wetware...lol