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Posted By: Cat

I was the lead bidder on a card and since the next highest increment was as high as I would go (10% higher), I decided to put in another bid using their "straight bid" format. I tried reading the Mastro bidding rules, since I did not want to automatically increase my existing bid. I simply wanted to increase my limit to what I would go by 10%. I couldn't find how this would actually work in their rules section so just put the bid in. Well... now I am still the high bidder but at 10% more. I could of used their "max bid" format, but that would of raised my bid by 20% and I really didn't want to do that. So essentially, I bid against myself. I am not real unnerved by this, since I think the card would of reached this limit, and likely beyond anyway, but potentially I could of cost myself some fairly significant money. It's something to keep in mind, especially on the last days of bidding if you plan to "up" your bids.