Why did I win ?

macduffMember

I won an item due to Auction Sniper, (thanks !) but HOW ?!! The following is the last few bids:

Bidding End Time: 11:05:47 GMT

Bidder Bid Date and Time Reference No.
me 39:00 16 Jan, 11:05:41 23 Winning bid
2 38.00 16 Jan, 11:05:42 22
me 36.00 16 Jan, 11:05:41 21 Grayed out
2 35.00 16 Jan, 11:05:27 20
me 33.20 16 Jan, 11:05:41 19 Grayed out
2 32.20 16 Jan, 11:05:08 18
2 32.07 16 Jan, 11:05:08 17 Grayed out

How could I win, my winning bid was earlier than Ref No 22

Why is Bidder 2's bid 17 grayed out, but all subsequent ones are in solid black ?

Thanks for any enlightenment !!

1/16/1010:32 AM

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rickMember

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How could I win

You had a higher bid.

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Why is Bidder 2's bid 17 grayed out, but all subsequent ones are in solid black ?

On the Bid History, click "Hide automatic bids".

1/16/1010:56 AM

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macduffMember

Sorry, still don't get it !!

Yes, I did have the higher bid of 39GBP, BUT it was placed BEFORE, repeat BEFORE, bidder 2's bid of 38GBP. How could that happen ?

Note the previous bid before bidder 2's bid was my 36GBP. HOW did AuctionSniper know to increase it by 3GBP ???????????????

1/22/1012:58 PM

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rickMember

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HOW did AuctionSniper know to increase it by 3GBP ???????????????

AuctionSniper didn't know anything other than to bid your max. Ebay determined the winner and the winning amount based on the bids and its standard increment amounts.

1/22/101:03 PM

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region2Member

Your max bid (39 or higher) was there once AS placed it. However, when it arrived, the highest bid was 35 so you were winning at 36. along came 38 and eBay's Proxy Bidding took it up to 39. Simples!

Read up on proxy Bidding via eBay's help pages.

R2

1/23/101:20 AM

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rickMember

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Originally posted by region2:
Read up on proxy Bidding via eBay's help pages.

Proxy Bidding
The feature of an auction-style listing in which eBay automatically bids on the buyer's behalf, up to the maximum amount they set. Enter the maximum amount you're willing to spend on an item, and eBay will continue to bid incrementally for you until either you're the high bidder or your maximum is reached. This means you don't have to keep coming back to bid every time someone else places a bid.

1/23/103:49 AM

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macduffMember

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Originally posted by region2:
Your max bid (39 or higher) was there once AS placed it. However, when it arrived, the highest bid was 35 so you were winning at 36. along came 38 and eBay's Proxy Bidding took it up to 39. Simples!

Read up on proxy Bidding via eBay's help pages.

R2

Ah ! Now I understand. Thank you region2. I didn't appreciate that AS sent my highest bid to Ebay and that after that Ebay's own proxy bidding system came into effect. Hence the posted times. I thought that AS would keep checking Ebay and upping the bid as necessary, until the max bid I had given AS was exhausted.

Thanks again.

1/23/108:37 AM

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macduffMember

One more question !

Do you think the other bidder was using a sniping system as well ?

If so, what can happen when two (or more) systems are squaring off ? i.e. ebay is running two or more last minute entered proxy systems, both where the current bid amount is below either of the bidder's maximums. I guess the end time of the bidding determines the winner ? i.e whoever manages to get in last will be the winner ?

1/23/108:45 AM

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rickMember