My bid didn't register...v.confused and angry?????

TurkishDelight

razorbladekisses wrote: »

Surely we all understand now.

I wouldn't bet on that

MrsTinks

Interesting... I thought I'd lost the plot too although it was for something of a MUCH lower value (I bid £4 and winning was about £2.50) but I was convinced I must have lost the plot!) I also used a sniper and thought maybe for the first time it had let me down...
Glad it wasn't my imagination!

GabbaGabbaHey

Charliezoo wrote: »

I put this in only to be told I'd been outbid by another buyer.

Are you positive about this? If you saw a different message (because your bid was not accepted, for whatever reason) but assumed that it was a "you've been outbid" message, that might explain the sequence of events.

Did you receive a "you've been outbid" email from eBay for this auction?

(Thanks to willa BTW - it's not often that somebody who hasn't got a clue keeps on making quite such a fool of themselves in public. Most entertaining thing I've seen this week).

willa

GabbaGabbaHey wrote: »

Are you positive about this? If you saw a different message (because your bid was not accepted, for whatever reason) but assumed that it was a "you've been outbid" message, that might explain the sequence of events.

Did you receive a "you've been outbid" email from eBay for this auction?


(Thanks to willa BTW - it's not often that somebody who hasn't got a clue keeps on making quite such a fool of themselves in public. Most entertaining thing I've seen this week).

You're welcome, always glad to entertain!
Funny how many bl**dy rude people one meets on MSE.....
For someone who hasn't got a clue, I've done quite well at bidding and winning on Ebay in the past and I bet my IQ is higher than yours as I'm placed in the top 2% of the population. So eat that. :cool:

GabbaGabbaHey

willa wrote: »

bet my IQ is higher than yours as I'm placed in the top 2% of the population.

I'm struggling to see the relevance, but FWIW, when I joined Mensa my IQ was actually assessed as being well into in the top 1 percentile, so there's a very good chance that my IQ is higher than yours.

Of course, those of us with high IQs realise that it doesn't mean diddly squat - it's what you do with it that matters (one of the reasons that I didn't stay a Mensa member for very long - for such supposedly intelligent people, they do nothing useful with their intelligence).

luvvlyjubbly

Willa.....not having a go as Ebay is confusing....sorry but you are wrong.....if your theory were to be true, then everyone would just bid early with a ridiculously high amount.
the dvd £20 theory you suggested if someone came in at the last minute with a £17 bid, you would pay £17.50 (not sure if bid incrediment so possibly £18 if it goes up by 1pound) not the £5 odd you are thinking..... So be sure you are placing your absolute maximum when bidding as you may well have to pay it

TurkishDelight

GabbaGabbaHey wrote: »

I'm struggling to see the relevance, but FWIW, when I joined Mensa my IQ was actually assessed as being well into in the top 1 percentile, so there's a very good chance that my IQ is higher than yours.

Of course, those of us with high IQs realise that it doesn't mean diddly squat - it's what you do with it that matters (one of the reasons that I didn't stay a Mensa member for very long - for such supposedly intelligent people, they do nothing useful with their intelligence).

Which is why most actually highly intelligent people don't use it as a trump card in a argument.

Either you're bright enough and well informed enough to come out of a debate well or you're not.

Doesn't really affect anything if you can post a high score on a IQ test. :cool:

antispam246

I apologize if I'm stirring this thread up again but I'm genuinely interested in how it works, I have read the majority of the thread and skimmed some bits.

From what I've read I understand everyone will tell me I'm wrong as that's not how it works but I've been in similar situations to the OP and due to that I've always been led to believe this is how it can sometimes work.

I can sum it up like this, Ebay systems can't complete the calculation before the auction ends. What the hell do I mean? Again firstly, let me state I don't have 100% belief in it working like this, this is purely how I figured it based on situations similar to the OP but with abit more clarification,

1) Item "A" starts at auction for 0.99p
2) Bidder "1" puts a maximum bid in of £400
3) Item "A" is now at 1 bid at 0.99p
.... time passes, There's now 3 seconds before the auction ends, Item "A" is still at 1 bid at 99p with the only Bidder, Bidder "1"
4) With 3 seconds to go, Bidder "2" comes along and places a maximum bid of £450
5) Bidder "1" wins the bid at £275

I've had this happen to me on a few occassions. Therefore I've always been lead to believe that bidding too close to the end of the auction isn't necessarily a good thing (sniping), especially when there are multiple maximum bids from multiple bidders with a very large price gap between current and max bid right at the end of the auction.

I understand that this should not be the case but I've never been able to explain it otherwise. It's simple as if eBay doesn't have enough time to calculate the maximum bids against one another, rather than simply looking at the biggest maximum bid, the system goes through each incrementing bid one by one and ends with whatever it's on last when the auction ends.

shandypants5

Sounds like a reasonable explanation Antispam.

The "Auction end" timer kicking in and overiding the last bid calculation mid stream.
If thats how it does work it would be a glitch that would mostly show on large bids.

Zazen999

willa wrote: »

For someone who hasn't got a clue, I've done quite well at bidding and winning on Ebay in the past and I bet my IQ is higher than yours as I'm placed in the top 2% of the population. So eat that. :cool:

I've not heard that in years! Thank you. :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

I knew a chap years ago who had one the highest IQs I've ever known; and he was late for work one day [summer job, before he went to Cambridge to study something highly scientific - can't remember what]. He was 45 mins late, and he said it was because he couldn't cross the road. Had he walked round the corner to the pedestrian crossing, he could have but he always crossed the road at the same place and he just stood there for 45 minutes....waiting....and waiting.

Just because someone places you in the top IQ bracket, does not make you savvy.