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Subject: 
Ebay Query
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lugnet.market.auction
Date: 
Mon, 15 Apr 2002 21:52:49 GMT
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Can anyone tell me how people manage to bid 1 cent more than me to win auctions.
e.g

made_of_stone (2)       £10.01 15-Apr-02 19:46:48 BST
talltim@hotmail.com (8) £10.00 15-Apr-02 00:10:09 BST
talltim@hotmail.com (8) £7.00  09-Apr-02 18:58:58 BST

I can't remember the increment amount but 'im sure that it was more than 1
cent. This has happened a few times to me.

Tim



Message has 3 Replies:
  Re: Ebay Query
 
(...) I believe it has something to do with where the last successful bid sits. e.g. If your max bid is $10.00 and the bid increment is $1.00 and the last successful bid was at $9.01, then a subsequent successful bid would be $10.01 which would (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Ebay Query
 
(...) Maybe its the maximum bid thing? Ebay only raises you're bid the lowest it has to be- if 10.00 was your highest, and somebody had a maximum bid of, say, 11.00, it would only raise it 1 cent over yours. John Kruer (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.auction)
  Re: Ebay Query
 
Say the current price is $7. You bid $10 and are winning. Then while the price is still $7 or so, someone else bids $10.01 and happens to be 1 cent above you, but since the price is currently $7, the min bid is $7.50, and he can bid anything above (...) (23 years ago, 15-Apr-02, to lugnet.market.auction)

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