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Question: I need help!! ebay online shopping problem.?

(Posted by: __A_YAHOO_USER__ on 2009-12-20 20:23:46)

Well i am trying to bid for an idem on ebay and everytime i put it up it comes up and says i've been outbid. e.g i put $20.00 and put confirm bid it all of a sudden says you've been outbid. Does the person have like an autobidder where it goes up when ever i put a bid up?

Posted by: LOTR-FAN on 2009-12-21, 14:28:30

Lets try and make this simple Say the opening bid is 99p Bidder 1 put in £20.00 The bid will show as 99p to Bidder 1 Bidder 2 puts in £5.00 Bidder 2 will be immediately outbid to Bidder 1 The bid will now show as £5.50 So until any bidder hits £20.01 Bidder 1 will always be winning, and then it goes on Of course none of you will know what Bidder 1's maximum bid is (nor will the seller) A good tip is to bid your maximum amount/ bid 1 minute to the end (not to chip at it in small amounts) then if you are outbid someone thought it was worth more than you were willing to pay. Or use a free sniping/ bidding programme to do it for you at the last 5 seconds. It will also safeguard you against 'shill bidding' (the seller or a freind of his bidding on his items to push the price up)

Posted by: Amber R on 2009-12-20, 20:31:52

My mom does Ebay..no the person doesn't have an autobidder thing it just means you didn't put the amout it says you have to put over the price it says you have to go over the price like 20.75 or something to be a higher bidder or something..Hope i helped...I'm not sure if its all true but of what my mom has done i think its something in that general area like that :)