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whoops! i've made a mistake

what am i like?
i just bid on a book and instead of putting 50p, i've put in £50! i wasnt really concentrating on what i was doing. is there a way of going back and changing it?

thanks

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  • soolin
    soolin Posts: 75,001 Ambassador
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    You can retract your bid and reinput the correct amount.

    Just log into the auction page and look through the bidding history and bid retractions should be in there somewhere.

    Soo
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  • nursemolly
    nursemolly Posts: 1,144 Forumite
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    go to home page and click on help at the top. click on A-Z index under help topic (left of screen). click B and scroll down and click on BIDDING- RETRACTING A BID.
    good luck
  • beckie
    beckie Posts: 419 Forumite
    thanks for that, will do it now xx
  • jockettuk
    jockettuk Posts: 5,809 Forumite
    my boyfriend had to retract a bid he had put in lol .. he wanted to put a maximum bid in for £5.50 and put in a bid for £5000 lol so he retracted his bid saying that he had put in the wrong bid lol...
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