Something Weird Happened To Me On Ebay ???

[irish]

Ok guys and gals I am not a super ebayer and don't buy a lot off of the bay but I have bought enough to understand how it works . Bid , max bid , reserve, no reserve , sniped and what not but today I set my max bid on a pipe I wanted at 50.00 bucks and it showed I was the high bidder for the whole auction . Then as it ended I thought I had won . I watch it to the end and it shows I did not win auction but winning bid is 50.00 . I receive an email that auction has ended and my max bid was 50.00 and the auction ended with winning bidder getting the pipe for 50.00 dollars . So now I am confused and I go back to auction pull up bids and it shows the bidding history up to where I bid 50.00 dollars . Then it shows another bidder bid 50.00 after me and they win the auction . What gives ? I am not figuring this one out . I already had auction high bid at 50 for a good portion of auction , it ends and I don't win !! Because someone bid the same price at the end ??? Anyone ever have this happen to them ??

 

[irish]

Very possible ragu . I can only go buy the email I received and bays bidding history , which I just went and rechecked after reading what you said and both places show 50.00 even. Weird but has to be something like your describing 50.50 and the .50 is just not showing up .

 

[condorlover1]

This is the problem with oi vay.com. I usually use a bid say of $20.86 on an item or just ask for a buy it now price just to get it over and done with and avoid sitting up for hours on end.

 

[dmcmtk]

Look at the time stamp on the other bid, if it is earlier than yours, even if it is the same amount, the first bidder wins.

 

[captainsousie]

It might have been an automatic bid that did not show right away.

 

[settersbrace]

Condorlover wrote:
This is the problem with oi vay.com. I usually use a bid say of $20.86 on an item or just ask for a buy it now price just to get it over and done with and avoid sitting up for hours on end.
^^^^^^ this. Learned it the hard way years ago.

 

[mso489]

Folks get great pipes and rock bottom prices in online auctions, but this kind of thing would

bother me so much. Also, I dislike the sense that I am getting drawn into the competition and

it distracts from the considered purchase of a pipe, for me. So I just don't go there. For those

who shop carefully, and do well, more power to you. With regular online retailers, I feel I get

the pipe I want in the condition I expect for the price stated. If I'm averaging, say, eight bucks

more a pipe, it's worth it to me. I work hard enough at buying a pipe, might visit it fifteen or

thirty times, and compare it to similar pipes at other sites, and prices on the same pipe at different

sites. That's enough work for me.

 

[condorlover1]

I buy shed loads of meerschaums on Oi Vay.com but only in one style. I have a fixed price I will pay and I put up my bids and then buzz off to the bar. If I want something badly I will ask for a 'Buy It Now' or bend over and get rogered price but on the whole unless I run up against another fanatic I usually get my way.

 

[woodsroad]

Did you pose this question to eBay Customer Service? They will, eventually, return you email, although their answer may not really be an answer.
Oh, and Simon, check your PM!
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[condorlover1]

I have no PM Dan but check your email for 'Hotel Du Pipe' summer calendar

 

[woodsroad]

The PipesMagazine PM....

 

[tuold]

Yes, it probably was a tie bid. The question comes up in the ebay forums from time to time:

It was a tie: ties are broken by giving priority to the earlier bid. If you lost, it means your bid was later. (Remember that the full amount of the leader's bid is hidden until it is needed to outbid someone else, in this case you; now it is showin in full.)
Tip: $50 is a VERY round number. It is to your advantage to make your bid a bit ABOVE any round number you might be inclined to bid. $50.01 would have beat the winner's $50.00 bid (but not necessarily the auction, as s/he could have bid again, even before your bid: if 2 bids by that winner are showing at $50.00 on top of your bid in the Bid History, the top one will have been higher than $50.00 but eBay only used the $50.00 bid to set the price, since that bid was enough to beat your later $50.00 bid).

 

[antbauers]

Dmcmtk and tuold are correct about the situation. Since we can't see other bidders maximum bid it's only fair to give it to the person who bid that amount first.

 

[irish]

Roger that. Thank you kindly gents .

 

[foggymountain]

Call Ebay at 866-515 3229 and ask for an explanation.

 

[ssjones]

Yep, I always bid $XX.89 to minimize that issue. The great thing about Ebay is there is always a great pipe around the corner, good luck!