Auction bid problem

[maudlin27]

I tried placing a bid on some Ssith blood on server 2 today (a few mins ago). It was currently at 175,100,100, and I selected the blood, then typed in my bid (200,200,200). However nothing happened. I didn't lose the blood, and nothing came up in the text log like it normally does, meaning I was left with the blood, rather than it going back in the chest with the updated bid as has happened in the past when I've bidded on items in the auction chest. I did a search to see if there was a DM on at the time and there was, but they left just at that moment meaning I wasn't able to contact them.
I tried retyping my bid, but nothing happened, although I was able to close the auction chest ok.

I've posted a screenshot though I'm not sure if it will help much (hope the link works):
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my player name was "Alpha Evocationist (M27)", player id "maudlin27".


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Just checked my bank balance (transfer account), and it's gone down from a bit over 900 mil to a bit over 500 mil. I was already expecting a 200mil decrease (I accidently bid 200 mil on a ring i meant to bid only 20 mil on a couple of days ago, and the item was due to end today!), so what appears to have happened is that I've bought the auction item for my bid. I don't know whether the seller will have received the gold though, or whether I bought the item at the end of its listing period (as I wasn't given any message about the auction end date or who the seller was). I thought I'd better make a post here as it struck me as a possible bug, and thought it might need looking into (and people I spoke to in-game that I asked for help advised me to make a post here given I couldn't find a DM)

[FunkySwerve]

I'm guessing you also bid on the blood at some point? It sounds like you picked up an item you had won the bid one. In that case the amount taken out of your account was the bid that won, not your final bid. Account debits from auctions happen when the server the auction item is on resets the first time after the item's close date passes, not when the item is acquired, so that pretty much has to be what happened. No real mystery here, though I may try to add a pickup message somewhere to avoid furure confusion.
Funky

[maudlin27]

Oh ok, that was probly what happened then, as I had bid on it a few days ago (just didn't think I was the current high bidder at the time). I'd agree some sort of message might be useful as you get messages for the other parts of the auction (e.g. when you place a bid, or when you place a bid on an item thats already finished bidding), or alternatively a message that you've successfully bid on an item and won it, like you get if you successfully sell an item.
I think in future I may need to write down what my bids are+auction end time so hopefully I won't be caught off guard like this again!