I usually NEVER bid on reserve auctions. However, I did recently on a lot that hasn't been sold yet, and I am the bidder. However, I placed a maximum bid on the item at $35.00 and walla, here comes that "reserve not met" notice although it has me as the high bidder at $26.00! Dam it, I bid $35 as a maximum then why does it report a high bid of $26.00? The reserve wasn't met with my $35.00 bid, so that bid should have been posted as the high bid!

This is just an E-bay SCAM to get some poor person to bid several times $1.00 at a time to increase the number of bids made on the item.

NEVER AGAIN WILL I BID ON E-BAY RESERVE AUCTIONS. IT'S A WASTE OF TIME!!!

Here's the SPAM that E-bay keeps sending me:

Dear mweaver@earthlink.net
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All information is current as of 08/19/99 03:45:08 PDT Please visit eBay for the latest information.
You are a high bidder on the following auctions:
147182385: $20 .999 SILVER STRIKE casino gambling coin
Current bid: $26.00
Auction ends on: 08/21/99 20:40:47 PDT
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Here is my original bid message from E-bay:

Please see the Announcements Board for information about
a change in our scheduled maintenance downtime!
http://www2.ebay.com/aw/announce.shtml
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Dear mweaver@earthlink.net,

Here's a quick note to confirm your eBay bid!

$20 .999 SILVER STRIKE casino gambling coin (item #147182385)
Your bid was in the amount of: $6.00
Your maximum bid was in the amount of: $35.00
The auction closes on: 08/21/99 20:40:47 PDT
Web location used: http://www.ebay.com
After processing all open bids for
this item, the current bid price is: $26.00
Note: This is a reserve price auction.
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=147182385
*If you placed this bid by mistake, here's what to do:
Check out the information on retracting your bid, which can occasionally be done. You'll find this among the services listed in the Buyers section.
Best of luck in your bidding-trade on!