Quote Originally Posted by martin bingham View Post
i have put bids on a few collectable pellet tins on the auction site,i bid over what the consensus of value is as i want to compliment my pre war webley service and bsa first pattern,it seems fishy to me that recently they have all been sold at the next incremental bid,ie 50p more than my max bid,maybe the free listing policy leads to these shannanigans,all the best.
Hi Martin,

If your bid is not as high as another, an item will sell for the next incremental bid. It does not necessarily mean the higher bidder only placed a bid 50p higher than yours as their limit may well have been a lot higher.

I agree about prices. There seem to be some new collectors out there with bottomless funds. Who knows, perhaps they'll get bored soon and sell their recent acquisitions for a song!

John