This Has Me Stumped!

tintinlostsnowy

i was looking at some subbuteo from a seller i have dealt with so i could post a reply in another thread so i watched it and upon waking up this morning it ended at £250.00 nowt strange about that but i looked at bid history and the increments were weird (and before anyone asks there was NO RESERVE so that is not the reason:rolleyes: ) the last two bids were £200.00 and the winner was £250.00? why did the auction go up an increment of £50.00?
any ideas will be welcome

Show automatic bids
BidderBid AmountBid Timeprivate listing - bidders' identities protected £250.0011-May-08 21:19:59 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £200.0011-May-08 21:19:33 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £150.0011-May-08 18:25:49 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £120.0011-May-08 18:24:14 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £100.0011-May-08 18:23:53 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £80.0011-May-08 18:23:40 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £60.0011-May-08 18:23:28 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £40.0011-May-08 18:23:09 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £40.0011-May-08 20:35:35 BST
private listing - bidders' identities protected £30.0011-May-08 14:17:19 BST
Starting Price£0.99

steviebabes

looks like the winner put £250 on as his maximum bid and 'another bidder' has entered £195 so this shows as £200 then the same bidder or 'another bidder' has entered £245 so this goes to £250. Looks a bit suss as most bidders who want to win would go just over the £200 mark but with a private auction you cant see what is going on.

tintinlostsnowy

steviebabes wrote: »

looks like the winner put £250 on as his maximum bid and 'another bidder' has entered £195 so this shows as £200 then the same bidder or 'another bidder' has entered £245 so this goes to £250. Looks a bit suss as most bidders who want to win would go just over the £200 mark but with a private auction you cant see what is going on.

nope thats not it:p £200 for runner up then £250 for winner
http://offer.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=270236464174

RFW

There was a reserve on the lot, winning bidder was bidding against the reserve price.

tintinlostsnowy

RFW wrote: »

There was a reserve on the lot, winning bidder was bidding against the reserve price.

as i said in my first post there was no reserve i saw it when i won my star wars stuff from them, i have some subbuteo so i looked at it a few days ago and there was definately no reserve

jasmineswhiskers

I think it could be that as the price goes up so does the increment. I noticed this when I bid on a much cheaper item. It started off in increments of about 20p then went up to increments of about 50p. Seems a bit silly on expensive items as you might just want to bid £1 more but it isn't an option.

ps - just found this explaining it all.

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

RFW

tintinlostsnowy wrote: »

as i said in my first post there was no reserve i saw it when i won my star wars stuff from them, i have some subbuteo so i looked at it a few days ago and there was definately no reserve

It says on the top left of the page "reserve met", that may be a clue...

tintinlostsnowy

nope that can't be it either it only goes up in £50.00 increments once it reaches £1500.01 and this was 200.00 with what should have been a £5.00 increment next making £205.00 not £250.00
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
£60.01 - £150.00
£2.00
£150.01 - £300.00
£5.00
£300.01 - £600.00
£10.00
£600.01 - £1,500.00
£20.00
£1,500.01 - £3,000.00
£50.00

tintinlostsnowy

RFW wrote: »

It says on the top left of the page "reserve met", that may be a clue...

i never even noticed and i was watching it for days must be all that beer i had last night :rotfl: