What's important to look at is the estimated SBD and SP you will receive. For your post its shows: 20.43 SBD and 4.76 SP
The amount in USD is an average and it's rarely accurate. Even the SBD and SP value does not reflect what you get after 7 days.
If we look at the 20 SBD you will receive at $5 each, it's about $100 and SP is bonus.
I do not see anything abnormal with the results of the bid and vote.
In my experience, it is always profitable to use the bot whatever you get. Sometimes I pay the bot 15 SBD and get 12 SBD in return, but I get much more SP than not using the bot, which make it just a bit profitable. But most of the time the 15 SBD becomes a 16 or 20 SBD plus the SP.
I won't worry about that because this will push the post higher now and more views and some upvotes should come.
Thank you I appreciate you explaining it to me. Sorry about that. I can see how much work you are doing goung through all the stories and commenting so i felt torn to even ask abouy it. Thank you for setting my mind at ease. And thank you for the very generous bid. Looking forward to checking out more supernatural stories. They are really great.