I recently participated in a local-only auction. I was approved to bid a day prior to the end.
I have bid on and won auctions with other sellers. I usually bid near the end of the auction and set a max bid amount. Sometimes the auction goes into a soft close, sometimes it closes without the time being extended.
This auction the current bid was $3 and the auction was minutes away from going into soft close. The bid increment at that level was $1. When I clicked the bid now bar, the minimum bid it showed was $4. I changed it to $25.01.
I clicked to submit that bid, instead of accepting it and updating the auction bids, the bidding window remained. In it a new message appeared stating that t
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