Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

I have tried to find the right dining set for several months ( need it so I can relist my house for sale). Today I waited , watching the perfect set that I placed a bid on yesterday & put my One Click Bid in during the last 25 seconds. I received a mesage from eBay saying the amount had to be higher that the current bid, which it was by $120! I bid again, & again the bid didn't register. The winning bidder won the item on $50 less than the bid I repeatedly tried to lodge. I reported it to eBay & all they said was that my last registerred bid was yesterday  & I must've enterred the wrong amount. I have replied again telling them again that I bid twice with plenty of time & it is either a glitch in eBays system or buyers are still using some sort of programs to knock others out.

 

This has happened to me a few times & I fobbed it off but this time I'm p'd. Has anyone else had this happen? Both the buyer & seller lose out when this happens. In this case the seller coulld have got another 30% on their item!

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

so, if a bidder puts their high bid on the original listing page and then clicks one-click-bid they need to re-enter their bid amount on the one-click pop-up box or else it will only bid to the next increment?

 

Perhaps in the rush of bidding in the last 25 seconds of an auction this is what has happened to the OP.

 

I will put this to the test on an item I am bidding on that ends just before 9pm tonight.  5 stars to anyone who can search eBay and find out what item I will be bidding on.

 

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

Okay, here's what I found.  The item I was bidding on was at $24.50 (almost identical to the OP's item), I put $150.05 in to the bid box and clicked one-click bid and then took a screen shot of the pop up that appeared on my screen.  Here it is:

 

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So it seems that this is a clumsy way to bid in the last minute of an auction as it would be very easy to put a high figure in the bid box and then click one-click bid and then, when the pop up appears, hit the "1 Click Bid" blue button without even looking at the amount bid.

 

 

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

That's exactly what I think has happened.

You need to select one-click bid first, then enter 150 in the one-click box over the top of the default one increment bid.

The OP prob put 2-3 incremental bids thinking their max wasn't registering.

 

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

Searching    -not that I need 5 stars -    can I buy a  bowel  vowel?

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

I was looking too, but going by the times in the listing and post, I thinks it's ended.

Then again sir sales did say before 9pm.

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

Nope.  He said ending just before 9pm.

 

Stoopy stawka can't find it

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

Sir sales, Does your other ID have 118 on it?  Smiley Very Happy

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  Burnt my nachos now

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?


@kopenhagen5 wrote:

I was looking too, but going by the times in the listing and post, I thinks it's ended. WRONG

Then again sir sales did say before 9pm.


Kopes, you really should pay more attention to detail.  Here's the pic again with the end time circled

 

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Bid on an item twice in the last 25 seconds & both times it didn't register. Anyone else had this?

Nah,  I got nuffin but burnt nachos.   I'm out.      And I forgot the jalapenos!

 

     

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