late bids

[ian-w-8]

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

[ian-w-8]

The web page has been changed from the advertised closing time of 11:20 am, to the actual closure time of 11:20:18. 

The bidding history page still says that the "Time ended" at the advertised closing time of "11:20".

Transactions are supposed to be time stamped (to the nanosecond ?) so that they can be queued in correct order, and then processed ... because servers are never completely "up to date".  

"11:20" means "11:20:00", not anytime between 11:20:00 and 11:21:00.

[padi*0409]

If you can't understand what the experienced members are telling you, and showing you in black and white, then I feel sorry for your lack of ability to comprehend basic facts.

[*casey*]

Nothing's changed.

When you placed a bid, it would have shown exactly how long the auction had to go, including seconds.

But when the auction ended, the eBay system rounds the time ended  to the nearest minute, which is why you can see 

• Time Ended:
  21 Sep 2024 at 11:20 AEST

at the top of the page above the bidding history,  instead of the exact finishing time of 11:20:18

[sugar249]

Believe what everyone is telling you.

But, I would be thankful to miss out on that auction,  did you see the sellers feedback, its down in the gutter.   Actually I wouldnt be thankful I missed out,  I wouldnt have actually bid in the first place.   

Sometimes you just get lucky even though you dont want to accept it.

[gutterpunkz05]

Nothing wrong, the final bid was not late, the end time was not  changed.  The end time of any auction will exactly correspond to the listing start time, in this case.

Starting price

AU $0.99

18 Sep 2024 at 11:20:18 AEST

[padi*0409]

GP, maybe the OP should demand that eBay force their seller's auctions to be listed EXACTLY on the minute, not 11.19.59 and God forbid not 11.20.01............😂🤣😂

Because that's where the seconds differences come in.................

[k1ooo-slr-sales]

padi, what's been lost in this whole discussion about end times is that members often complain that they weren't given time to bid higher ... meaning they didn't bid the highest amount they would be prepared to pay.

I used to bid on hundreds of items every week.  I'd place an early (low) bid to receive reminders that an auction was ending soon ... soon enough to place my highest bid with around 30 secs to go if I really wanted the item.

If I didn't win, I never complained that I didn't have time to place 'just one more bid'.   No guarantee that one more bid would have won it.

Anyone who has the highest bid for days, and into the final minutes of an auction, should not feel that they have been robbed if someone bids in the final seconds.  Highest bidder at the end wins.

[countessalmirena]

K1ooo, that’s very similar to what I do. I place an early low bid to indicate interest and as a placeholder of sorts. I place my real bid through Gixen. As I enter it, I ask myself at what point would the item be too expensive for me, and that dictates my serious bid. If I lose the auction, I know it’s because the bidding did go too high.

And Gixen isn’t confused by rounded numbers or odd times.