Help understanding: "You are the first bidder and you are close to being outbid"

[claudialyman]

How can that be? Sorry have never bid before and may be being dense. Are the ebay household gods just saying that because I put in the lowest possible bid?

Are they trying to get me to enter into a bidding war with myself??

Or are they just warning me I should put in a maximum

Yes you have put in the lowest bid.

Yes they are saying put in more because you have put in the minimum and there's a high chance you'll be outbid.

Thanks Cybil and Meemars, will stick in a higher max. appreciate the help

ebay don't know what other bids will be made - it is just a standard message suggesting that you may wish to place a higher maximum bid just in case you get outbid. You can't outbid yourself - if no other bids are made you will win at your original bid

I would read it as "you are the first bidder, the second bidder is close". Am a novice though.