topic Re: Odd bidding Activity in Buying

Odd bidding Activity

timetravellor — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:06:53 GMT

??? Item was displayed at 9.30am for $1.00 with 0 bids & needed a start-off. So I placed a bid for $1.25. I was immediately out-bid to $1.50. The amount is not the issue. It is the fact that I the display was showing I was supposedly the first to bid but was instantaneously replaced by an automatic bid (that had been initiated 5 hours prior). How can an automatic bid be sitting unseen, while the item was showing as 0 bids??

Re: Odd bidding Activity

talcat48 — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:15:43 GMT

Computers do make mistakes and can also be slow to update, maybe this is an instance of that.

Re: Odd bidding Activity

timetravellor — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:17:51 GMT

Yeah, you are probably right. Not a big deal anyway.

Re: Odd bidding Activity

the-kazbar — Fri, 31 May 2013 00:27:54 GMT

If you give the title it will be easier to give the correct information

Re: Odd bidding Activity

bliss*charms — Fri, 31 May 2013 01:00:11 GMT

are you bidding on ebay Australia or USA?

Re: Odd bidding Activity

belindabargainhunter — Fri, 31 May 2013 03:39:55 GMT

Yeh I had the same thing happen a couple days ago on a chook shed. I bid on 4 from the same seller all with 0 bids then it went straight to another bidders bids. Very strange

Re: Odd bidding Activity

lyndal1838 — Fri, 31 May 2013 04:35:41 GMT

Belinda, can you post the full title of one of the listings you are referring to?

It all sounds very strange.

Re: Odd bidding Activity

phorum_junkie* — Fri, 31 May 2013 08:51:49 GMT

I am confused, are you the buyer or the seller? If you are the buyer I don't know why you would want to kick start the bidding and if you are the seller then bidding on your own item is a serious policy breach which can get you kicked off ebay for good.

Re: Odd bidding Activity

belindabargainhunter — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:13:52 GMT

Chicken Coop Hen House Rabbit Hutch Bird Cage 026s This is not the one but its the same coop from the same seller. The problem hasn't happened since so I wonder if it was a problem with ebays system that is now fixed

Re: Odd bidding Activity

***super_nova*** — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 07:36:54 GMT

??? Item was displayed at 9.30am for $1.00 with 0 bids & needed a start-off. So I placed a bid for $1.25. I was immediately out-bid to $1.50. The amount is not the issue. It is the fact that I the display was showing I was supposedly the first to bid but was instantaneously replaced by an automatic bid (that had been initiated 5 hours prior). How can an automatic bid be sitting unseen, while the item was showing as 0 bids??

Are you talking about your own listing?

Re: Odd bidding Activity

lyndal1838 — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:45:55 GMT

Chicken Coop Hen House Rabbit Hutch Bird Cage 026s This is not the one but its the same coop from the same seller. The problem hasn't happened since so I wonder if it was a problem with ebays system that is now fixed

Sorry Belinda but a current listing is not going to show what you are talking about...it has to be one of the listings that you were actually bidding on.

Re: Odd bidding Activity

cherry7113 — Sat, 01 Jun 2013 10:56:52 GMT

Bidding on own listing,that's a no no