I'm over ebay

[patebeli]

If you don't want me here or my money why not say so.
I've retracted my bids because I'm sick of being outbid by a ghost.
so bye bye ebay stick you so called privileges up your fat and greedy **bleep**.

[imastawka]

                                       

[poddster]

If you don't have the bidding skill then it is best that you go 🙂

The answer is bid to the level you are willing to pay and if it goes higher than it is no loss because it exceeded your level anyway

[j*oono]

You are bidding against someone else that has put in a higher maximum bid than you.  It's not a ghost.

They might have bid a couple of days ago for $15, but because their bid beat the previous last bid it might show as only being say $7. Then you come along and bid $8 thinking it will put you ahead of them.  It doesn't.  It pushes up their bid to being just ahead of $8.  That will keep on happening until you push the bid past their original $15.

Place a bid at the maximum you are prepared to pay.  Then you will either have the leading bid, or it's already been bid past what you are prepared to pay and you can move on to another item.  Do it close to the end of an auction and then you are less likely to be outbid.

Here is an ebay help page that might explain it better.

http://ocsnext.ebay.com.au/ocs/sc

[j*oono]

Sorry, that link doesn't take you to the right page.  Type proxy bid into the search box and it should take you there.

[digupatin]

Someone needs a hug?   

[poddster]

SNAP!! 🙂

[cherry*135]

We are just eBay members posting here on this board,  may buy or sell, may do neither.. just here to chat.

[poddster]

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@am*3 wrote:

We are just eBay members posting here on this board,  may buy or sell, may do neither.. just here to chat.

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Or in the case of some Prattle on

[imastawka]

6 retractions in 6 months doesn't seem excessive.

You do know that when you retract a bid, you have to replace it

with another bid?

http://pages.ebay.com.au/help/buy/bidding-overview.html#changing