how did I bid against myself??

titewad_2

On tuesday I bid on an item that the seller had more than one of.I get an email from him the same night asking if I only wanted one.Actually I wanted more but didn't realise I could specify that at the time.I thought If I won one then I would tell the seller how many I wanted after the auction.
So I go back to the listing and then see the option to bid for the number I want,so this I do and then put my maximum bid in ( I am currently the only bidder at his 99p start) of £1.50 per item.
The listing now shows 2bids,me as the only and highest bidder at my maximum bid for all 80 items,effectively outbidding myself and sticking an extra £40 on the total.This was obviously never my intention and i dont understand how it can take a higher bid off the current bidder.Can I do something about this??

titewad_2

Don't know if this is important but there are 20 hours left..

tummteetum

retract your first bid - the single item one. that should sort it out.

Dumbledore55

If that doesn't work, retract both bids and start again with what you really intended to do.

point3

...perhaps you should have bid on 79 items at £1.50?

Now that you've bid on 80 at £1.50, you've outbid your previous bid. Retract your bid, as you've made a mistake in the bid amount.

tummteetum

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-retract.html

looks like you'll have to retract both & bid again. i'd contact the seller & tell them of your blunder too so it doesn't look fishy. but don't tell them what your highest bid for all the items will be, you need to keep that to yourself.

titewad_2

Thanks guys,I have been back and retracted my bid which wiped both out.I then went to bid again with my highest bid thinkin it would start me at 99p and hold the higher amount back but seeing the subtotal show up at the total of the higher bid Ilost confidence in the proxy bid thing,so went back again at just the start price but for all 80items this time.However the item listing now shows one bid retraction from me at the higher amount so wont the seller now know what i was willing to pay???

I have contacted the seller explaining my bidding error and apologising,However the item listing now shows one bid retraction from me at the higher amount so wont the seller now know what i was willing to pay???

culpepper

it wont matter though will it unless someone else bids up to your maximum bid? The seller will see it was a mistake by you and you do want the items but put in the wrong price before.Its easy to type 80 when you meant 8.