Reply to "Lost item due to premature bid. Newbie, trying to understand."

shirleyMember

Welcome, sjlnys!

If the other bids were higher than yours, you would still have lost. Because of the timing of the bids, it FEELS like they were bidding in response to your bid, but #1 they couldn't see you MAX, only the current high bid, and #2 you can't see THEIR max, only the winning bid. Highest bid wins, not the last.

Sorry the bid fired early -- did the auction end on an exact quarter hour? There are always lots of discussions about that here. eBay has such a huge load at certain times (especially exactly on the quarter hour on Sundays) that their servers slow down, so AS sometimes adds extra lead time to make sure your bid gets in.

2/1/0412:48 PM

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