why wont ebay accept my bid?

[Miranda]

On ebay some people put in automatic bids - which means that anytime someone else bids, their bid kicks in if it's higher. I've done it myself where I put in a bid to increase in minimal increments if someone else bids on the item. It's a way of keeping control of the bidding. Your bids are still under their bids and at this point you won't actually win unless you bid higher than their maximum. And, what i'd advise is just keeping an eye on it because that kind of bid will drive the price significantly higher and fast.

I found the ebay page where it explains automatic bidding http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/automatic-bidding.html