up to the reserve price. If an auction starts at $1 (and has a reserve of $25 unbeknownst to you), you’re the first bidder and you bid $20, the bid shows your bid as the current high bidder at$1. Then as others join the auction, your bid continues to be raised until someone outbids you. If the reserve is never met, the item is not sold. In this same instance, if your first bid was $28, then you would have hit the reserve of $25 and it would be the current high bid at $25 and noted as “reserve met”.

Your bidding and acquiring practices sound quite similar to mine… Steve B