Is Reserve price accesible?

[harolwinslo0]

I have had a couple of long-term bidders on items make a FIRST bid and land PRECISELY on the Reserve price? How is that possible with no one asking me?  Is there some other way to retrieve a "Reserve" price like family member working for eBay or what? Thanks

[vintage-car-magazines]

No. It's how bidding works.

It only means that their bid is at OR ABOVE your reserve.

If your reserve is $10 and they bid $50, the high bid will be at $10 until someone else bids higher than $10.

If a second bidder comes along and bids $100, the high bid will be at $51.

You know the minimum....you set it. You don't know their maximum.

[nobody*s_perfect]

If a bid is at or above the reserve amount, then the high bid showing will immediately jump to the reserve amount.  They didn't know your reserve amount; their actual bid could be much higher.