What does "Bidding Per Unit" Mean?

Sometimes an auction lot will consist of multiple identical items - for example, this listing is for a pallet of Bourbon Tile, 571 pieces of tile. A bidder is not going to bid on each individual piece of tile, so the auction is set up as a per-unit basis. 

This means that the bid amount is for one piece of tile, and the bid is automatically multiplied by the quantity indicated (also known as placing a "times the money" bid).

The total amount of the current high bid can be seen on the item detail page, but the "Next Required Bid" is still the per-unit amount.

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