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G-MAN2004 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:10

I was winning something at £7 with a maximum bet of £8. Last ten seconds some guy bids and it says I've lost, etc. but then it shows that the final winning bid from him was £8, despite the fact that my maximum was also £8.

Why did it let him win at that price?

Beerbaron · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:13

maybe they removed your bid?

G-MAN2004 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:14

Still shows my bid in the auction history (at £7) but appears to have completely ignored my maximum for some reason. Bah.

PapaLazaru · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:15

G-MAN2004 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:15

PapaLazaru said:
nvm

My maximum was exactly £8 though, so surely he'd have to bid above my maximum to win?

ninja edit

BloodyL · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:17

This is why it is a good idea to always add a penny onto your maximum bid, bit late now I know.

StoutMeister · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:17

Doesn't the earliest of same sized bids win?

G-MAN2004 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:19

BloodyL said:
This is why it is a good idea to always add a penny onto your maximum bid, bit late now I know.

Never thought of that actually. Thanks.

StoutMeister said:
Doesn't the earliest of same sized bids win?

I was the only bidder up until the last ten seconds.

sanaxe1 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:19

Its a conspiracy , it probably has something to do with the Freemasons.

Abraham · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:22

G-MAN2004 said:
Never thought of that actually. Thanks.

I was the only bidder up until the last ten seconds.

it's not right that it happened if your max bid was £8, so complain to ebay

Vonhelmet · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:35

G-MAN2004 said:
I was winning something at £7 with a maximum bet of £8. Last ten seconds some guy bids and it says I've lost, etc. but then it shows that the final winning bid from him was £8, despite the fact that my maximum was also £8.

Why did it let him win at that price?

Because you touch yourself at night.

Seriously, I have no idea.

Rybo89 · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:39

This has happened to me a few times when I first started using ebay, always randomly add 3p now when bidding.

Dandle · 19 Jan 2011 at 13:51

Isn't that what auctionsniper does. It puts you bid in just at the last second so the other bidder can't rebid even if they have a larger sum there already.

eatcustard · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:11

item number is....

DBT85 · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:12

was the thing you wanted worth more than that? could easily have been someone getting their brother to buy it instead of having to sell for £8

Cosimo · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:15

sanaxe1 said:
Its a conspiracy , it probably has something to do with the Freemasons.

He's not telling us everything.

Abraham · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:16

Dandle said:
Isn't that what auctionsniper does. It puts you bid in just at the last second so the other bidder can't rebid even if they have a larger sum there already.

No, ebays proxy bidding should ensure the lowest possible winning bid wins.
It's probably the case that this guy bidded a max bid of greater than £8 and probably did snipe it, but it should still have been a winning bid of £8.05 or something greater than the OP's max

V4NT0M · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:32

G-MAN2004 said:
I was winning something at £7 with a maximum bet of £8.

Someone is a closet gambler.

G-MAN2004 · 19 Jan 2011 at 14:48

Skyfall said:
Someone is a closet gambler.

I have lost a bit at the casino recently.

Can't link item as I clear everything on there.

Phoenixdancer · 19 Jan 2011 at 15:06

If i was to outbid someone such as yourself i would need to put say £100 on the £8 item.

It would then over write your bid and i would win at £8.

Simple as that

if i was just to bid £8 though i would not win.