Hi!
I am newin eBay bids. Today I lost a bid for which I was the sibgle bidder for 7 days.
The auction ended at: Mar-09-04 07:05:47.
The bid listings follows:
Mar-09-04 07:05:28 PST US $202.50 bwillia
Mar-09-04 07:05:43 PST US $200.00 jasminint
Mar-09-04 07:05:22 PST US $170.00 jasminint
Mar-03-04 19:51:05 PST US $150.00 jasminint
In the last minute, just to be sure not to be snipped by somebody I incresed manualy my offer, but surprise, I am informed that I am outbid. I increased another 2 times the amount but I am outbid again and finaly I loose the bid. Strangely, in the bid listing the competitor's offer is registered one single time and after the time I was informed that I am outbid, very strange in my opinion.
May be with an automated bidding system he outbid me, but why his time to outbid me with 202 USD is before my 200 bid?
On the other hand, shouldn't it be registered the bid the competitor placed earlier? Why is just the final competitor bid registered?
According to your experience in a future similar encounter, could I win if I'll use AS? What kind of automated biding system the competitor used to present such a bidding pattern? How could I counteract? Is AS enough?
Thank you for your posts.
Cristian
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