The issue I think was addressed - You cannot place any bid if you are unable to claim the player should you win.
All bids must be seen not as temporary but as a final result. So if the final result doesn't work, you can't make the bid.
It's exactly as kptnfmrs said, it unfairly pushes up prices. And as a result I've already rolled back the Chouinard bid to 2.6 and for litangel.