Ebay bidding~~

[a4gom]

Can anyone explain what's going on here, this is an item I'm watching on ebay, there have been 3 bids but the value has remained the same. I don't use it much so it could be obvious but the only thing I can think is it's the same bidder upping his max amount? Is there any other reason?

3~ private listing - bidders' identities protected £2,995.00 18-Dec-11 20.02.49 GMT

2~ private listing - bidders' identities protected £2,995.00 16-Dec-11 18.23.01 GMT

1~ private listing - bidders' identities protected £2,995.00 15-Dec-11 18.20.16 GMT

Starting Price £2,995.00 13-Dec-11 20.07.16 GMT

[Jumpy07]

The same person has increased their bid three times.  (auto bid) and as no one else is bidding the price has remained the same..

Craig

[SteveD]

The same person has increased their bid three times.  (auto bid) and as no one else is bidding the price has remained the same..

Craig

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[RedditchJay]

ditto what Jumpy07 has said....... I have often bid on an item.... gone away... come back increased my bid ............ before anyone else has bid.... could be a scam though someone bidding on the sellers behalf to increase the bid value

[CL290005]

Unlikely to be a scam, that normally happens when there is another bidder and they want to up the sale price.

Andy

You can check out there price by putting in a high bid then retract it as you made a mistake tyou will see exactly what had been done.

[Nick Algar - Competition Secretary]

You can check out there price by putting in a high bid then retract it as you made a mistake tyou will see exactly what had been done.

How do you retract a bid. Never needed to do it, but usefull to know

[CL290005]

Nick

after you put a bid in you can retract but you have to give a reason the reason e bay allow this is people can make a mistake and place an in correct bid. So you need to go into the bid retraction form which I think is on the right side

Provide a reason why you're retracting your bid, such as:

You entered wrong amount

Seller changed the item description

You couldn't contact the seller

Then the bid is retracted obviously this is something that should not be done frequently

hope that helps

[RedditchJay]

NICK.... watch how long is left to run on an item.... i think anything less than 12hours to go a bid cannot be retracted........

[Nick Algar - Competition Secretary]

Thanks guys, will log that one away, hopefully not needed, but who knows

[a4gom]

Cheers guys, finishes tomorrow so don't want to risk a bid just in case. I'll wait till last minute and put in the max i'll pay and see what happens

[CL290005]

Andy

As you say you are new to eBay a simple tip refresh the page and time how long it takes you can do this towards the end of the auction as the seconds are displayed. Obviously you can do this test on any item that is ending as you are only refreshing not bidding. Now you know the refresh rate you can time your bid to the last few seconds. I can get this down to 1-2 seconds before the finish, this stops other birders trying to out bid you if they see your bid. Be careful though as you need to be sure on your connection speed as you may get the timing wrong

[Dave Eastwood (Gadgetman) - Club Chairman]

More reliable to just use sniping software such as Auction Sniper if you're that fussed.

[CL290005]

Yes but you are giving your password out to another site which if it's hacked may cause you problems, I used this once for a late finishing auction, it did the works and I won, however I was not happy using this

[Nick Algar - Competition Secretary]

I use it all the time, but only on the bigger value auctions. It works great

[a4gom]

I think someone else must have been reading this, checked about 20 mins ago 8 bids £3800! Just checked again back to 5 bids £3100