mars
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"Yes - you are right ...
but this situation has been solved by the option 'increase my bid' - or am I wrong?"__ Dieter Werner
Dieter, from what I have been able to test and conclude, you are unfortunately wrong, or I have mis-tested somewhere.
It looks like the bidder is stuck unless someone else places a higher bid. In the Example I used, if the 'Increase my highest bid' option is used after using the 'Bid-Agent", all that you see on the screen is, is the following:Hello XXX, your agent-bid has been raised successfully on..... Your highest bid $11.00 has been saved.. Note that the additional dollar increment was an 'increase my bid' option, not 'Bid-Agent'. If the 'Bid-Agent" is used, the attempted ceiling or maximum increase is rejected due to the bidder already being the highest bidder. 'Increase my highest bid' is only effective to someone who has previously used the 'Bid-Agent' if there is a bid higher than their current 'Bid-Agent' maximum.
Making a bid using the 'Bid-Agent' for less than the reserve, and then not having anyone surpass your 'Bid-Agent' maximum ( and the reserve price) locks the user and prevents them from ever being able to make at least a reserve price bid (for example, if the other bidder drops out before reserve price is met). The auction gets closed with no winner, no obligation to buy or sell from either party.
Because the program defaults to using the 'Bid-Agent' I think this could be a concern. One work around is to simply place some red colored text above the radio buttons clearly informing and warning the bidders of what each radio button bid option represents, but I thought both the creator of the program, Dieter, and the forum users would like to know this kind of information.
Regards,
mars
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