[hackinthebochs]

Ebay only shows the leading bid any time a big is placed. So when someone bids higher than the currently visible bid, but lower than that person's max bid, the leading bidder is shown as placing another, larger bid. You end up with the appearance of someone outbidding themselves repeatedly.

[tgb]

I'm surprised they don't show the new second-place bidding in the history, if only to make it obvious what's happening. Like if there's a starting price of 10, I bid at 100 and then someone bids at 20, then it could show me bidding 10, them bidding 20 and me bidding 21, instead of just me at 10 then me at 21.