When is the high bid NOT the winning bid? At Hunt's!

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by whiteymet

When I called to inquirer I was told you can not raise your own bid one increment. I had never heard of this before. I was told it was how the system was set up and that there had been other instances like mine in the past.

Anyone else run into anything like this?

Fred, I think there are at least 2 or 3 AHs and probably more that have the same system. I've noticed when placing a maximum bid in some AHs, I can only place a bid one increment above the current high bid, or 3 increments above, or 5 increments above, etc. If I want to bid 4 increments above because that is my preferred maximum bid, I can't. In order to do that, I have to let someone else put in a bid 1 increment above the current high bid. Then, my options are 1 increment above that (or 2 increments above the original high bid), 3 increments above that (or 4 increments above the original high bid), etc. I think it's a pretty screwy system but what can you do?