posted on September 25, 2001 05:50:33 AM new
I think I have seen this explained some time ago, but please explain again?? Looks like tie bids on 1276255915 Thanks, Dave
posted on September 25, 2001 12:40:01 PM new
I wonder what really happened here?
Did two bidders both, coincidentally, put in $69.99 exact maximum bid amounts? (that would be pretty cool if that really happened) Or did the first (and ultimately winning) bidder put in, say, $70, and the second bidder bid $69.99 and ebay declares the final winning price to be $69.99 since the high bidder wasn't a full bid increment (a buck at this level?) over the second high bid?
I don't remember their exact rules in handling this kind of situation.
posted on September 25, 2001 05:08:42 PM new
If the first bidder placed a $70 proxy bid and the 2nd. bidder bid $69.99 the computer would show a $70 final bid.
posted on September 25, 2001 05:56:10 PM new
Here is the bidding history----
orig. bidder $69.99 Sep-23-01 22:16:57 PDT
2nd bidder again $69.99 Sep-24-01 20:04:12 PDT
2nd bidder $55.01 Sep-24-01 20:03:09 PDT
Auction ends at 20:04:12 Original bidder bids the opening bid of $55.00 and then puts in $69.99 as his high bid. 2nd bidder tries to snipe so he puts in $55.01 and that wasn't enough and he just has enough time to re bid so he puts in $69.99 and that is the bid that the original bidder put in. Auction ends and the original bidder gets the item.
Now what are the chances of that?
**I took the name of the 2nd bidder out before AW Monitor told me to. Sorry I should never hava used the name
[ edited by Libra63 on Sep 25, 2001 06:02 PM ]
posted on September 25, 2001 06:26:48 PM new
My mistake. The post can stand.
Generally any identifying information cannot be posted on the boards. In this case the moderators before me decided it could stay because the seller and buyers were not being discussed in a personal sense.
