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Posted By: Shawn Adkins

Maybe it's a Canada server issue? I had a similar experience back in March with an auction I sniped which ended with a large gap between myself and the underbidder. So I sent an inquiry message to ebay Canada support on the issue, their response was this...

"Once you make a bid that is equal or higher than the reserved
amount, it will automatically jump up to the reserve amount the seller
had previously set when listing the item. Since you have put a certain
amount it would automatically push the bid to the reserve price because
you are willing to pay at least that amount. I recommend that if you
really do not wish to pay for the amount that you bid, you should make a lower bid. I do understand why it seems funny that it jumped up without
any other bids under you, but I hope I have explained it enough for you
to understand why it did just that. Have a great day!"

Funny thing is that I never realized it even had a reserve and there is no "reserve met" note on this auction either. It does state reserve price in teh auction description so I just let it drop. But I still think there is a problem as it should display the reserve met notification if one was assigned to the listing.

Shawn