[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chatter:
Hane, if the CURRENT winning bid is $3.14, then any bids after that would have to be at least $3.39 to be accepted by eBay. Hence, your $3.17 snipe did not qualify."
But I do it many times!! my last one was item #5325407375
History of bidding:
User ID Bid Amount Date of bid
hanemcm US $34.07 Sep-27-04 09:21:05PDT
helprosemary US $34.00 Sep-27-04 09:14:35PDT
helprosemary US $30.00 Sep-22-04 20:08:16 PDT
I won this item by a mere 7 cents! This has to be because of the ebay rule:
" A bidder may be outbid by less than a full increment. This would happen if the winning bidder's maximum bid beats the second highest maximum by an amount less than the full increment."
My bid of $34.07 beat her bid, because apparently, helprosemary had a max bid of exactly $34.00.
My most recent transaction bid history(the one prompting my original post) was:
User ID Bid Amount Date of bid
kcalm4 US $3.14 Oct-02-04 16:09:53 PDT
librarimom US $2.89 Sep-29-04 12:34:30 PDT
My bid of $3.17 wasn't entered because kcalm4 apparently had a max bid of HIGHER than $3.17.
Puppy, you said "Any bid for 3 cents above the 'current price' will be rejected by eBay as invalid." I think you're wrong here - it's happened to me too many times. I always snipe with odd pennies and very often, I win the item just by those pennies!
I've emailed ebay for what they have to say about it. I'll let you know what they say. Thanks again for your help, everyone.
Hane
