When did EBay remove the next bid minimum?

ailey

Just going to bid on something tonight but have noticed that EBay must have removed the minimum bid guide. It used to say to bid 'at least' (or however they had it worded) and eg something had a bid on it for £3 and they would say to bid at least £3.20 and some items went up by 50p etc. I preferred it with the guide there. I was just thinking that something might be sitting at a certain amount and, if we don't bid at least to the next minimum price, people could possibly lose the item whereas, before, when it gave the minimum bid guide we knew what we had to go above or at least reach that figure. Has it been that way for long as I only buy occasionally?

TKPeters

Bid increments are 20p upto £5, then 50p upto £15
http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html

ailey

Thanks for your reply. I've used EBay for over 10 years now but always saw the minimum price guide when bidding. I do miss that as it did keep people right in case anyone wants to bid just the next amount up. I wonder why they removed that.