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

salesadmin

I'll give it one more go then give up.

OP bid £400, if he/she had infact been outbid the price would have gone up to the next increment over what she was willing to pay, so say £405.

For example:

Someone bids £50 max on an item, if I bid £45 after that I am outbid straight away, however the person who put in the earlier bid is now going to have to pay £45.50 or whatever the increment is.

HTH

willa

Looking forward to hearing reply from Ebay to OP. :beer:

frivolous_fay

Looking forward to hearing back from the OP!

masterbrown

I like Willa's version though must admit, I see something I want on ebay starting at 99p I bid 999 zillion pounds and I win it at 99p since nobody can outbid me, now that sounds good

willa

masterbrown wrote: »

I like Willa's version though must admit, I see something I want on ebay starting at 99p I bid 999 zillion pounds and I win it at 99p since nobody can outbid me, now that sounds good

Slight exaggeration there masterbrown..

allconnected

But it's not an exaggeration, Willa, it's how you say Ebay works.

Fred places a maximum bid of £100million on a 99p auction, and as first bidder is winning at 99p (nobody else bidding against him)

According to your theory, every subsequent bid will be compared to Fred's maximum, and unless it is more than £100million Ebay will reject it.

So Fred will win for 99p because nobody outbids his maximum.

If you don't think this is true, try explaining why - and you'll see why people are having trouble with your explanation of the OP's situation!

Allconnected

willa

allconnected wrote: »

But it's not an exaggeration, Willa, it's how you say Ebay works.

Fred places a maximum bid of £100million on a 99p auction, and as first bidder is winning at 99p (nobody else bidding against him)

According to your theory, every subsequent bid will be compared to Fred's maximum, and unless it is more than £100million Ebay will reject it.

So Fred will win for 99p because nobody outbids his maximum.

If you don't think this is true, try explaining why - and you'll see why people are having trouble with your explanation of the OP's situation!

Allconnected

Well actually, yes, and that is how bidding has worked for me (except I don't bid in millions obviously)!!
I was only trying to help OP, have admitted I might not have explained it very well.
Lynch mob or what!
Get a sense of humour!

willa

The Ebay system does NOT work exactly the same way as bidding in an auction house. Try bidding yourself a few times til you work it out!

TurkishDelight

willa wrote: »

The Ebay system does NOT work exactly the same way as bidding in an auction house. Try bidding yourself a few times til you work it out!

I'm not being rude, but like I said quite a few posts ago- I do this for a living, I bid every day.
I know that you are wrong, and myself and everyone else on this thread has tried to tell you why.

Now, do you really think that everyone else has no idea how bidding works, or that you are mistaken? Because I know what seems more likely.

There is no way (barring bid retraction or cancellation) that the item in the OP could have gone for less than the first bidders maximum, or £400.
Ebays computer systems must have failed to register the bid, or some other confusion, which is why the OP sought advice, becasue this is not normal.

willa

Hang on, according to what the OP said, s/he put £400 in near the end.
It was not the first bidder's maximum!