I won ebay auction but it said i was second bidder!

JasX

Mandles wrote: »

as bid increment would have to be at least £1 more than mine to beat, not 5p!

The other guy bid more than you and he won, you lost. That was how i thought ebay was supposed to work? can you provide link to the ebay Ts&Cs that say his bid should be invalid? I don't see any reason it should be????

mrcol1000

Mandles wrote: »

Update.... I am so chuffed , seller has let me have the item as she agrees with me! Result.:j

What about the actual winner? If I was them I would report the seller as depsite the issues they won the item.

TurkishDelight

Mandles wrote: »

Update.... I am so chuffed , seller has let me have the item as she agrees with me! Result.:j

Well that's not fair on the Winning bidder which wasn't you. Seriously it's buyers like you (sorry, bidders like you) that make ebay such a nightmare.

DaveAshton

Mandles wrote: »

bid increment had to be £1 more to win

It only has to be £1 more than the current price, not the highest bid. So, as the price when they bid was £41, they couldn't place a bid between £41-£41.99. Any bid over £42 is perfectly valid, including the bid of £44.05 which won the item.

I hope the seller gets negged by the actual winner over this, and also has a non-performing seller report filed against them.

aqueoushumour01

mikey72 wrote: »

I've won and lost the same way.

Bid at £41.
So I bid £44 maximum.
Ebay increases the price to £42.
New bidder comes in at £44.05, so ebay compares it to the bid, still at £42, and it is more than the £1 increment required, so it accepts.
My bid is £44 maxiumum, so ebay goes to the higher figure, now £44.05, and they win.
I always actually bid up a few pence, maybe I would have put in £44.16, and if you take a look, a lot of auctions do finish on odd numbers.

surprised ebay agrees - are you sure they're not interns that started a few weeks ago! The above quoted posted clearly explains why the OP did not win so if I were the real winner I'd be a bit peeved.

StaffsSW

DaveAshton wrote: »

I hope the seller gets negged by the actual winner over this, and also has a non-performing seller report filed against them.

I was thinking along the same lines.

It seems these days that if people have a petulant tantrum they get their own way.

I thought that only worked with under 5's!

Enfieldian

Mandles wrote: »

Even ebay agree with me! no, "basically" bid increment had to be £1 more to win and it was not so basically i won in accordance to ebay bidding rules. Even seller agrees and is asking other person to pay £45 or will let me have it which is a result.

So both seller and ebay agree with me rather than you.

From ebay;

Here are the standard bid increments from ebays page:

Current Price / Bid Increment
£0.01 - £1.00 / £0.05
£1.01 - £5.00 / £0.20
£5.01 - £15.00 / £0.50
£15.01 - £60.00 / £1.00

You just don't get it do you?

I suggest you stay off eBay from now on. It is far too stressful a place for you, not too mention beyond your ability.

VanyaHargreeves

So the winning bidder bid more than you. They won. That's how ebay works - what's the deal?

nellytheelephant

What a strange seller! They've pretty much asked for a negative off the rightful winner. I would not be at all impressed if I was the buyer.

Wonder if the bidder who the OP bid up from £41 will come in and say 'well... I bid £43.95'.....

Also, the OP could be possibly be setting themself up to be scammed, it's outside of eBay now.

Mandles

From ebay site

"Current Price / Bid Increment
£0.01 - £1.00 / £0.05
£1.01 - £5.00 / £0.20
£5.01 - £15.00 / £0.50
£15.01 - £60.00 / £1.00"

Seller asked other person for 95p more than he bid because ebay stuffed up and this is the bid he needed to have to beat me , he refused so seller let me have it as he should never have won with his bid.

I am sick of ebay. I have 100% positive feedback at 1678 and i have to play by ebay rules and so should they. And all you saying that you would neg the seller. I think you are the nightmares. I dont neg people as easily as you do. One item i bought recently was refunded to me and seller did not send as they "apparently" were told by ebay to send to second bidder which ebay said did not happen. Did i neg them? No. ..makes me wonder if you are one of those who neg people because the padded envelope got crumpled in th post!