How can ebay prevent unethical behaviour such as people who bid only in the remaining seconds?

[faerls]

I have bid on an Air Canada  20 inch suitcase for at least 5 separate presentations on Ebay. A one time shopper stole the item by arriving in the last 7 seconds and won the auction.  This also happened this evening.  I had a bid on MINT Strombergshyttan Swedish Crystal vase on January 10 at 20:34:15.  I the last 7 seconds before the auction ended on January 11, another person, 7743 a***a at 22:44:53 stole the item. I have a long history of purchases.  However, what is the point of bidding against such unregulated cheating?

Linda Stromberg   

[pocomocomputing]

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@faerls wrote:

I have bid on an Air Canada  20 inch suitcase for at least 5 separate presentations on Ebay. A one time shopper stole the item by arriving in the last 7 seconds and won the auction.  This also happened this evening.  I had a bid on MINT Strombergshyttan Swedish Crystal vase on January 10 at 20:34:15.  I the last 7 seconds before the auction ended on January 11, another person, 7743 a***a at 22:44:53 stole the item. I have a long history of purchases.  However, what is the point of bidding against such unregulated cheating?

Linda Stromberg   

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You were outbid! How is that cheating? Bid a higher price and you might win.

[nuvistors]

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@faerls wrote:

I have bid on an Air Canada  20 inch suitcase for at least 5 separate presentations on Ebay. A one time shopper stole the item by arriving in the last 7 seconds and won the auction.  This also happened this evening.  I had a bid on MINT Strombergshyttan Swedish Crystal vase on January 10 at 20:34:15.  I the last 7 seconds before the auction ended on January 11, another person, 7743 a***a at 22:44:53 stole the item. I have a long history of purchases.  However, what is the point of bidding against such unregulated cheating?

Linda Stromberg   

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It is unethical to blame others for bidding more than you were willing to pay.

[mater721]

"I have a long history of purchases."

So what?

Is this a bait-posting?  Ah, ya got me...

Seriously, if you have "...a long history of purchases" you should know how auctions work.

Bid higher.

[reallynicestamps]

It doesn't matter when the bid arrives.

The highest bid wins.

Bid once, bid late, bid your maximum.

Since those winning bidders bid more than you were willing too, they are obviously suckers who paid too much. What losers.

[mater721]

Were you replying to me?

[lucitabby]

There is nothing unethical about being the last and highest bidder in an auction.  That is how the winning bid is determined.