Is it the area the cheese production is?

The wild just need Erickson-ek and Borodin back, but that sounds unlikely this series. Erickson-ek would help slow CO and further enhance our offense. Without those two I’m not optimistic, yet of course hopeful! Happy trapping! ScottW

Bidder 5***3 has a higher max bid than was your current bid. His max is not disclosed and the algorithm will keep bidding higher against you until the bid exceeds his limit or you give up. That is why eBay asks you for your max bid when entering your bid ...asking what is the value you are willing to pay. The algorithm has built in incremental increases built in as the value increases through the various price ranges. So a bid at $10 may only increase by a dollar, but a $100 may increase by $5. It appears for now 5***3' s maximum bid is $163.50 as his bid is winning; but the bid amount over your last bid was less than the algorithm's automatic bid increase, their bid being made ten hours ago. And they have been sent a notification that they are in this case still winning but they are at their max bid asking if they want to increase their max bid and to enter a new limit bid. If you chose to increase your max bid, you may be able to win if no one would bid higher than you within the remaining time left in the auction; but if 5***3 is intent on winning, they will probably have already increased their max bid or are waiting until the last few seconds to try and snipe (ethically steal) the auction away from you by placing a ridiculous high bid, knowing the price will only increase by the algorithm's stepped price above competing bids.

It all gets down to what value each bidder has individually placed on the auction, the number of bidders, the risk/reward profile of each bidder, and gamesmanship. Did you win Wolfie?