That's what I do also. I bid, if I am beat out I'll bid again in probably too small increments might bid 3 or 4 times if I really want it but if I am still out bid by proxy or they rebid & it gets to my breaking point I am done. I am sorry I bid it up(not really, I am sorry I didn't get high bid
) but I am not going to keep going cause I don't want to pay that much for whatever plant I was bidding on. I figure if the person has a higher bid they are expecting that it might go that high and they are willing to pay it. So they win and I can try for something else another day.