People bidding for players in Round 1 who didnt "qualify"?

Bit of a strange one but wondered if anyone else had had this happen / know a fix?

so im watching a player on the transfer market. it goes down to 1 minute and only 1 person has bid. So i bid too.

the timer goes down to 0 and theres still only 2 of us bid on the player

now its a bid for round 1

I bid

then 2 other people who I couldnt see on the qualifying round bid?

seems like theyre getting a bid for free as their first bid the a round 1 bid?

Probably a bit of lag and the new 2 bidders are the ones who bid at the last second. That's all I can conjure.