Wow this sucks! As soon as you place a bid it shows your max so the next person knows how much you bid if they check the bid amount of the bider. So placing an early bid is of no advantage only to get the bid up higher faster. If you bid on a coin say you need it real bad and place a bid of $25 to have a common everybody can see your max is $25 and can now know what to bid. Even though it is only at $16 now they can out bid with one bid. That stinks