I dont understand how I lost this ebay auction..

slag

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http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3433668343

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Bidding has ended for this item. You were outbid

How did this happen? eBay compares your bid to those of others. You were outbid because another bidder placed a higher maximum bid than your bid of US $15.00.

How does bidding work? eBay automatically bids on your behalf up to your maximum bid of US $15.00. If the item ends for less than your maximum, that's all you'll have to pay

Thats good and all.. umm, but my maximum bid was $15.00 and the winning bid was $15.00.

Did I miss something here?

 

dnuggett

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The bidder bid $15 before you. When bids of the same amount occur the first bid takes precedence.
 

iamwiz82

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i had 2 people win one of my auctions. Both got the exact same email confirming their win:confused:
 

udonoogen

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Originally posted by: CaseTragedy
someone bid $15--then you'd have to beat that.

yeah since you both bid the same amount he won because he bid first. its always a good idea to bid a few cents more.
 

Eli

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Originally posted by: udonoogen
Originally posted by: CaseTragedy
someone bid $15--then you'd have to beat that.

yeah since you both bid the same amount he won because he bid first. its always a good idea to bid a few cents more.

 

slag

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ok, thats really wierd though because when I placed my bid on the item, ebay told me I had high bid and I never received a notification at all that I was outbid.

If someone had placed a higher bid than I did, wouldnt it have told me at the time I placed my bid a day or so ago that I was outbid at that time?

 

conjur

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The original bidder upped his maximum bid.

Because his original bid was submitted earlier than your original bid, he wins.
 

dnuggett

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If someone had placed a higher bid than I did, wouldnt it have told me at the time I placed my bid a day or so ago that I was outbid at that time?

Who placed the higher bid? I don't see one...
 

slag

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Originally posted by: conjur
The original bidder upped his maximum bid.

Because his original bid was submitted earlier than your original bid, he wins.


My max bid was $15.00 though. If he upped his max bid, it would need to be $15.01 or whatever the minimum bid was.


 

iwearnosox

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Oct 26, 2000
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Originally posted by: slag
Originally posted by: conjur
The original bidder upped his maximum bid.

Because his original bid was submitted earlier than your original bid, he wins.


My max bid was $15.00 though. If he upped his max bid, it would need to be $15.01 or whatever the minimum bid was.
Wow, you're slow. You deserved to lose.

 

RGN

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thats why I always bid with change. Like $15.27 or something.
 

LongCoolMother

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look man, someone else bid the same amount as you. neither of you bid higher, so no one was outbid. its just that the person who bid first takes it.
 

slag

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Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
look man, someone else bid the same amount as you. neither of you bid higher, so no one was outbid. its just that the person who bid first takes it.

Ah, but not really.

When i bid, it said I had the high bid. Obviously this was only a partially true statement and a fallacy of Ebay's software.

Had I known someone else had bid $15.00, I would have bid more.. As it was, until the auction end, I had the high bid according to the auction..

 

iwearnosox

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Originally posted by: slag
Originally posted by: LongCoolMother
look man, someone else bid the same amount as you. neither of you bid higher, so no one was outbid. its just that the person who bid first takes it.

Ah, but not really.

When i bid, it said I had the high bid. Obviously this was only a partially true statement and a fallacy of Ebay's software.

Had I known someone else had bid $15.00, I would have bid more.. As it was, until the auction end, I had the high bid according to the auction..

When you bid $15, did it say the high bid was $14.50? If so, the final high bidder may have returned and bid $15. His original bid time is preserved, however, and you would still lose.

Should have bid $15.01 in any case.