~~I Upped My Own Bid & The Price Went Up?~~

[jaymor8]

This has happened to me MANY times before and I always forget to inquire. Does anyone know why this happens? I'm sure it's not right, right??

Jackie...

[muminlaw]

Right! That's not right!

I've upped my bid on occasion, and that's never happened, although I haven't done it for a long time ... do you suppose that maybe, just maybe, eBay could possibly be subject to a glitch???!!!!

Glenda

[jaymor8]

Glenda - normally I'd say yes. But this is about the 5th or 6th time this has happened to me in the last year. I checked the bid history just to make sure that someone else wasn't simultaneously bidding and they weren't. I was the only bidder in 3 days. Go figure. Put it this way, if it IS a glitch.....I am the only patsy that it's happnin to 🙂

Jackie...

[shooger]

This IS right. It happens when your current high bid is only slightly more than the second highest bid. For example.

Someone else has a proxy bid set at $10. You bid $10.01, and now you are the high bidder. Later, you decide you want to proxy up to $15 in case you get outbid. The current high bid jumps up to $10.50.

It happens because your original bid of $10.01 gets cancelled, as if you never made it. Your proxy bid is $15, so eBay sets the current bid at $10.50 which is one increment higher than the second highest bid of $10.

There's another explanation of this in the newbie FAQ somewhere, but I'm too lazy to go find a link for you. Hopefully I explained it good enough 🙂

[jaymor8]

Shooger - thanks kiddo. That is good to know. Unbelievable but good to know!

Jackie...