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reducing a bid.

boggo58 — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:39:49 GMT

If i have bid on an item say $10 and the current bid is mine at $6 can i reduce my bid down to $8? Please note i do not want to cancel it.

Re: reducing a bid.

*new2vintage — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 21:58:41 GMT

Surely you know your bid can't be changed without retracting your original bid ?

Re: reducing a bid.

2106greencat — Sun, 24 Feb 2013 22:06:36 GMT

As it is only a difference of $2.00 just leave it to run. If someone else bids your bid will only go up incrementally so the most you will end up paying if you win is $10.00 or you may only end up paying $6.00. For $2.00 why would you bother?

Re: reducing a bid.

ykfc — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:26:27 GMT

I have the same puzzle. Because I assume there are no ways to cancel my maximum bid I ask myself to be very careful.

If it is the difference of $2 of course leave it. What if I mistakenly put in $100 rather than $80 while the current bid is only $60? Can someone change his maximum bid by re-entering it or something? It makes sense (and I think it is technically possible) for ebay to develop intelligence to detect the bidder's desire.

Re: reducing a bid.

*new2vintage — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:29:06 GMT

You can retract your bid and bid again.

Re: reducing a bid.

putney32 — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 20:47:02 GMT

If it is the difference of $2 of course leave it. What if I mistakenly put in $100 rather than $80 while the current bid is only $60? Can someone change his maximum bid by re-entering it or something? It makes sense (and I think it is technically possible) for ebay to develop intelligence to detect the bidder's desire.

you cannot really 'mistakenly' put in $100 rather than $80 as when you put in your bid, you get the 2nd window asking you to 'confirm' you would of course check that before hitting the confirm button

a genuine 'mistake' in bidding is usually when someone wants to bid ten dollars ($10.00) but accidentally bids one thousand dollars because they miss the decimal point. That is a mistake. but $100 instead of $80 is NOT A MISTAKE

Re: reducing a bid.

foxette-in-sox — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:43:55 GMT

It makes sense (and I think it is technically possible) for ebay to develop intelligence to detect the bidder's desire.

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Re: reducing a bid.

2106greencat — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 23:48:43 GMT

I got nuthin'

Re: reducing a bid.

2106greencat — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 09:34:31 GMT

:O:-p

Re: reducing a bid.

boggo58 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 17:11:50 GMT

yours was a silly reply, sorry, what do you think we are doing here on Ebay? because we all like the pretty colour combos of the Ebay logo, NO! its because we can save a couple of dollars. Why say , for only two dollars why bother? but your the one who drives to the next servo with a fuel docket to save $1.50 on a tank of fuel,weve alldone it.i work damn hard for my money, and im not going to let anyone else get more than thir entitled to.

Re: reducing a bid.

putney32 — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 20:50:25 GMT

.i work damn hard for my money, and im not going to let anyone else get more than thir entitled to.

you bid $10 that is what the seller is ''entitled '' to so you are right, they will not get MORE than they are entitled to, but they may get the whole $10 if bidding continues, which is why you need to make your decisions on your hard earned cash before not after bidding.

Re: reducing a bid.

nonny_muss — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 21:59:59 GMT

So very helpful . . . .

The question was "Can I reduce my bid down to $8', not

"Should I care about spending $2 more than I wanted"

"Is it my fault that I bid more than I wanted"

or a commentary on either of these.

Re: reducing a bid.

thecatspjs — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:07:37 GMT

OP you can not change your bid. but as others have said you can retract it and then place a new bid with the "correct" amount, depending on the amount of time the auction has to run.

I have accidentally entered the incorrect amount loads of times, I think it is easy to inadvertently make a mistake.