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ian-w-8
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How can the "winning bid" be valid when it was 14 seconds after the closure time (and not using auto-bidding)?

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what is the item number?

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This morning:  Australian Computer Traders (40035).  See

https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/204998635323

https://www.ebay.com.au/bfl/viewbids/204998635323?item=204998635323&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m145235.l...

Are late bids accepted if they are from the seller, or from eBay employees, or from high volume traders/buyers etc.?   If the "winning bid" is after the closure, it just looks dishonest !

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Actual end time was :-

 

Ended: 21 Sep, 2024 11:20:18 AEST.   So no, it wasn't a late bid, it was actually placed 4 seconds before the listing ended.
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The advertised closure was 11:20 am ... this means 11:20:00.

The late bid was 11:20:14.

If the "actual closure" was not until 11:20:18, then it was obviously not closed at 11:20, as advertised. 

Do the T&Cs say that the "eBay time" may not be the actual time?

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Not sure how you can say it was a late bid

 

It was a few seconds before close of auction

 

Nothing to do with the seller, or eBay employees and nothing dishonest about the highest bidder at seconds before close of auction

 

 

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@ian-w-8 wrote:

The advertised closure was 11:20 am ... this means 11:20:00.


No it was not.

 

For your edification:-

 

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The bidding history page is always rounded off to the minute, not the actual time it finishes.

 

The listing page shows: 

 

Ended:21 Sep, 2024 11:20:18 AEST

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Again, no it was not

 

Ended of auction is not and never has been 'on the minute' 

 

They are 'to the second'

 

Why ask if you are unwilling to accept factual answers?

 

You were not the high bidder at the end of the auction which is why you did not win and that is all there is too it

 

 

Go into any currently running auction for anything and click on the bidding

 

At the top it will show end time being in hours:minutes:seconds remaining 

 

Simply how it works 

 

 

Nothing dodgy about it

 

 

Can you imagine if it was to the minute

 

Think about it

 

You'd have several people all putting in a bid at the last 'minute' and everyone would cancel each other out 

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Just correcting what I wrote which should be:

 

When you're placing a bid, you can see exactly how long the auction has left , but when it ends, 

 

the bidding history page is  rounded off to the minute, not the actual time it finished.

 

The listing page shows exactly what time the auction ended.

 

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