Auctions - [RBP Help Contents]
When a player does not have sufficient cash to pay rail use fees, he must either sell back or auction a railroad.
At the end of your turn RBP automatically deducts rail use fees from your cash on hand, but if you do not have sufficient cash to cover the payment due, RBP will warn you when you click the OK (done) button. Before you can continue the match, you must sell back or auction a railroad. To do so, from the Turn menu, choose Sell or Auction.
SELL BACK
Selling back to the bank without auction is available only if the "Selling allowed" options is enabled. The bank pays half the original price.
BIDDING DURING AN AUCTION
When a player auctions a railroad, bidding among the other players proceeds in turn order. RBP will prompt you to enter a bid; your bids must be in increments of $500 and must be at least $500 more than the prior bid. If you do not have sufficient cash to bid, RBP will automatically skip past you.
To pass bidding this round, click the Pass button in the bidding window. To cease your bidding for the remainder of this auction, click the Drop Out button. If no one bids, the bank buys the railroad back at half its original price.
AUTOBID
Enable the Autobid checkbox to have RBP automatically bid for you in $500 increments up to the amount you enter. If the bidding exceeds the amount you entered, and you have enough cash to bid higher, RBP will prompt you again so you can increase you bid, pass or drop out. Autobid is especially useful in Play by Email matches because it reduces the number of emails prompting you to bid.