BRG, it looks like you are new to this site and maybe new to trading penny stocks. With that being said, in order to not drive the price down or cause it to stall (at the very least) you always want to buy at the "ask". People can get highly pissed off if you buy at the bid. Especially if you buy at the bid AND ANNOUNCE IT. I'm sure that you mean no harm in attempting to buy at the bid but probably just don't know any better.