WTF!?!? I bid $40.00 on an item and the winning bidder bought the item for $40 and it wasn't me! I don't know how this happened! I also have an email confirmation saying that my maximum bid was $40.00 and the winning bid was $40.00 and I didn't win the auction. How is this possible? Is this a flaw in ebay software?
Flaw in ebay bidding software?
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No, this is normal and exactly how eBay works. The winner is the person with the highest maximum bid. Your max bid was $40, his was more, therefore he won and only had to pay the price of the next highest bid. You will never know through eBay what his maximum bid was.
I win my auctions by placing a maximum bid that is outrageously high, so even if somebody tries to snipe they come nowhere near my highest bid.
I win my auctions by placing a maximum bid that is outrageously high, so even if somebody tries to snipe they come nowhere near my highest bid.
hahahaha...ummm...i don't think i will be doing that because I don't want to pay $100 for a $40 item.
That's the whole POINT! You don't pay $100 - unless somebody runs the bidding up that high. You basically pay the next highest bid, maybe plus the minimum increment (if any).
You just gotta be smart about it, that's all 
Whenever it's "backfired" on me, it's only been to a small degree, and nothing my bank account couldn't handle.
Whenever it's "backfired" on me, it's only been to a small degree, and nothing my bank account couldn't handle.Originally posted by: sm8000
You just gotta be smart about it, that's all
being smart and doing what you're doing are mutually exclusive
people cannot have the same bid UNLESS the seller is selling multiple items. the highest bidders naturally win. HOWEVER, if there is a tie for the highest bidders for the LAST available item, then it goes first come, first serve. simple.
in english: say a seller was trying to sell 10 identical PSPs. of course, buyers are only going to buy one (and i'm using this illustration for simplicity's sake). the top 9 bids were between $230 and $260. all 9 get the PSP.
now let's say there was a next highest bid by TWO bidders, a 10th and 11th, for $225. the 10th and 11th bidder are tied to possibly win the auction, but only the 10th bidder will get the item because the 10th bidder bid first.
in english: say a seller was trying to sell 10 identical PSPs. of course, buyers are only going to buy one (and i'm using this illustration for simplicity's sake). the top 9 bids were between $230 and $260. all 9 get the PSP.
now let's say there was a next highest bid by TWO bidders, a 10th and 11th, for $225. the 10th and 11th bidder are tied to possibly win the auction, but only the 10th bidder will get the item because the 10th bidder bid first.
I know, I almost corrected myself in a later post.
tami - Thank you for at least speaking with reason. Your sentence "people cannot have the same bid UNLESS the seller is selling multiple items" - I know about this as I have participated in those types of auctions. When it's a single item, what mugs said below you is correct. And I believe you about first come, first serve.
So, where exactly did I go wrong?
I've never known much about it, learned how proxy works or tried it out. I'd be willing to try it sometime down the road. I've had to stop my eBay activities for a while because I need to start hanging onto my money. I'm owed about $1500 in loans to my brother and sister.
your max bids were both $40, however he bid first, so you must up the bid to over $40, like $40.50 or $41 to win the auction.
this is normal, it's how ebay works.
this is normal, it's how ebay works.
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