Bidding/Buying Glitches - is it tied to watch list problems

[judeb1010]

Ebay must be having problems again I received a confirmation of my bid saying I was still the highest bidder at 99c on an item that I had already bid on and it had accepted my new bid of $75 some seconds before an auction ended.

Then it sent me another screen saying I had been outbid at 2.25

When I checked the bidding history the other bidder had made the bid 1minute 12 seconds before the end of the auction. I was refreshing my screen etc but that bid had not come through on eBay they obviously had issues.

I would think it was something to do with my server if I had not received the confirmation screen. Oh how I wish I took a screen shot!!

Something similar happened to me about a year ago when it told me I had won an item and then a split second later said you have been outbid. They need to fix these gremlins for both buyers and sellers.

Of course I contacted them and got a lesson about how the highest bidder wins, Yeah right. But as I am also having issues with the watch list showing up in the wrong amounts I am concerned that they are linked. Do they care - Of course not - they get their fees any which way - Customer satisfaction NIL

[kopenhagen5]

All I can suggest is to bid with lots of time to re-bid if need be.

And rather than refreshing as a refresh can sometimes carry a problem in the browser, open a new browser and go to the item from start. 

[davidc4430]

i have no idea what went wrong for you.

i allways bid once, my highest amount i'm willing to spend, with aprox 10 seconds from end of auction.

has worked well the past 10 years, only been out bid a couple of times.

of course your internet speed must be ok doing this.

[imastawka]

I put my highest bid in as soon as I see something.

I forget otherwise and miss it entirely....   oooooooo...  pretty, shiney.....