Hi, I am a first time bidder.

[dmemeda-8lvkeq1]

I'm a first time bidder.  The vendor had put a bid of $7.50 to start.  I bid $18.  Now I've been told I won with a bid of $7.50.  It doesn't make sense and doesn't seem fair to the vendor.

does anyone have an explanation of what happened, please?

[collect247]

Hey slr how long do you have to be a ebay member before you're not classed as a new member?

I'm only asking because the OP has been around since July 2015 and has purchased a few things perhaps with BIN

and has maybe just started to bid on auctions and to me OP isn't new to ebay at all JMO

[davewil1964]

if a member had been a member for 10 years and bought about 10 items, I would consider them a newbie, if they wished tio be labelled as such. Given eBay's rules will have changed at least once a year....

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

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@collect247 wrote:

Hey slr how long do you have to be a ebay member before you're not classed as a new member?

I'm only asking because the OP has been around since July 2015 and has purchased a few things perhaps with BIN

and has maybe just started to bid on auctions and to me OP isn't new to ebay at all JMO

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thanks for the question crow, I'll have a go at answering it  because it is on topic (unlike a really stupid question I got from another poster on another thread last week that had no relevence to the thread topic and was only there to stir and criticise).

I guess it shows that I didn't look at the OPs feedback and membership details.  I took the "first time bidder" reference as meaning new to bidding.  So, in that respect the OP is a newbie, new to bidding as demonstrated by their attitude to winning an item for a low price.

I was dealing with the question they asked in their opening post and the thought of looking at their feedback page never entered my mind, I worked with what was provided, I just wanted to help them understand that they had done nothing wrong.

[collect247]

Yes I agree with your last post and yes OP is an excellent buyer, wish there were more like them.