#1086 price total shows wrong if you have a bid on an item

[Steve Brereton]

"
Surround sound system, Acoustic Solutions DS1033

Currently
£15.00 (1 Bids)
High Bidder
##################
Your max bid
£60.00
Shipping
£20.00
Seller
timaddamz
Listing ends at
Thu Jun 14 18:00:00 BST 2007
Events
Tue Jun 12 10:16:18 BST 2007: Nothing has happened. (1)
"

on the status bar, this shows as
"1 items, price total: £60.00 (£35.00 with p/p)"

[Laurence Passmore]

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I could be wrong but I'm not sure this is a bug - but it is confusing. The value in brackets is the *current* winning bid plus shipping. This gives you a quick reference as to whether you are likely to win the item with your snipe (the value before the brackets). By showing the information there, you don't need to always display the "total" column in your table view.

So in your example, I would expect that, at the time, the current winning bid on the item was 15.00.

[Steve Brereton]

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I see what you're saying, yes.
In that case, the wording needs changing to make that clear, as the help data says that the total with P&P is there to keep it clear as to the true cost. Perhaps having the max bid/spine + P&P quoted as well as the current bid price + P&P?