It sounds like someone put in a larger bid.....say 200.....so anyone bidding under that would be told they were "out bidded"....until a bid got OVER the larger bid (and nobody knows what that might be). Lots of people do that because it will not go up to that amount unless someone bids...and then it just goes up the amount it needs. Does that make sense>best I can explain the bidding system.....Keep bidding more! Carole