eBay question (1 Viewer)

[La La]

herro. despite the fact it's been around a while, i only started using ebay a few months ago (and have only bought one camera so far).

My question is, sometimes when I bid on an item, I am immediately outbid by a few cent. I go to bid again a second later, and the same thing happens. Is that because the seller has some automated bidding thing going on to push the price up?

 

[ann post]

yes

 

[jillface]

see if you can find a copy of this on there

 

[Gambra]

herro. despite the fact it's been around a while, i only started using ebay a few months ago (and have only bought one camera so far).

My question is, sometimes when I bid on an item, I am immediately outbid by a few cent. I go to bid again a second later, and the same thing happens. Is that because the seller has some automated bidding thing going on to push the price up?

Nope, that's the way Ebay works.

When someone "bids" on an item your actually telling ebay the maximum your willing to pay for the item. So if something is currently at .99c and you enter 20 euros, your bid is .99c but the max bid you'll be willing to make is 20 euros. Anytime someone else comes along and says the max they'll pay is 5 euros, they'll get told by the system that someone else (you) is willing to pay more and so automatically outbids them to the next highest notch (usually 25c or 1euro) and this keeps going until the auction ends..

Hope that makes sense..

 

[Juno]

It's because someone else has a higher maximum bid entered so every time you bid it automatically outbids you...until you enter a maximum amount that is higher than theirs.

 

[La La]

aaaaaaahhhhhh ok. that's a little annoying - particularly when it doesnt say what that high bid actually is.

think i may need that ebay for dummies

 

[muffin]

it's super annoying and leads to some prices being way over-inflated for stuff..That said ebay can be so addictive that you just end up spending way more money than you wanted just so you can bear someone else to it..

 

[ann post]

decide exactly what you want to pay or the item in advance, place your bid as late as you can.

 

[La La]

i could go bankrupt on ebay.

but i'll try not to

-thanks for all your advices, people. so just to clarify - if i bid (for example) 20 euro on something i may only end up having to pay 1 or 2 if no one else bids from the starting price?

 

[ann post]

yes

 

[GO]

decide exactly what you want to pay or the item in advance, place your bid as late as you can.

Thats the way to do it.

If you win it might still be less than your max.
If you lose it'll appear again.
although I bid €200 on a 7 inch before and got outbid in the end.I was subsequently very happy about it.

 

[ernesto]

 

[Lili Marlene]

never bid on Ugg boots or GHD hair straighteners. or USB sticks.

although I bid €200 on a 7 inch before and got outbid in the end.I was subsequently very happy about it.

yeah, been there alright

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

never bid on Ugg boots or GHD hair straighteners. or USB sticks.

why not?

 

[Lili Marlene]

china

 

[Gambra]

why not?

All fake, all the time!

That's a good marketing slogan..

 

[ernesto]

china

thats your answer for everything

 

[Lili Marlene]

If you're even a little bit smart though you'll realise there's a difference between a bargain and too good to be true (and 'police auctions' FFS)

 

[Denny Oubidoux]

i suppose whether or not your willing to risk the money depends on how badly you want the boots

 

[Gambra]

although I bid €200 on a 7 inch before and got outbid in the end.I was subsequently very happy about it.

Jaysus, what record was it?

For the record, I've bought fake stuff from China on ebay (and other dodgy sites). I've known they were fake though.