Yeah it took me a little while to figure that out. say the bid on something is 100 and you bid 110 and it says you've been outbid, someone could have bid 500 and the system only bids enough to win the bid until it reaches your 500 limit. Once I figured it out it's great cause you don't have to keep bidding.Just because you bid the 500 doesn't mean you actually bid that much, just means that's what your willing to pay.