An Amusing Observation

[Brotherman]

Okay, I'll give it a shot. Believe it or not, I like it more for the die clashes than the toning.

 

Chris

 

Cool. I hope you win it.

It should go to someone that appreciates it.

Good luck! Let me know if you do win.

 

Hays

 

Well, the auction ended and I lost..... DARNIT! Can someone explain to me why I lost? My bid of $245.80 posted with 4 seconds left in the auction and the (supposed) winning bid posted 1 second later at $246.88. The winner had not entered any other bids and it is my understanding that from $100.00 - $249.99 bids must be placed in increments of $2.50. The winning bid was only $1.08 more than mine. Should I complain to eBay? It's not fair when you try to play by the rules and get cheated by them at the same time.

 

Chris

 

AWW Chris THAT STINKS!

Yes, I think you should complain, eBay made the rules - they should stick to them!

It hurts everyone but the sniper. The seller makes less money - even eBay makes less money; but worse - it isn't fair to the other bidders!

RATS! I was really hoping you would get that one.

 

Hays

[kryptonitecomics]

Maybe some sort of sniper software though....as you pointed out I am not sure why the bid increment did not jump by more.....

[XpipedreamR]

That was probably the other guy's max bid. Your bid bumped his up to his max bid. His bid was higher than yours. Ergo, he wins the coin

 

 

 

Added: I see. He bid after you. I don't know. Have a Pepsi on me

[XpipedreamR]

AWW Chris THAT STINKS!

Yes, I think you should complain, eBay made the rules - they should stick to them!

It hurts everyone but the sniper. The seller makes less money - even eBay makes less money; but worse - it isn't fair to the other bidders!

RATS! I was really hoping you would get that one.

 

Hays

 

 

 

 

Wait...the seller makes less money by taking the higher bid of the two? How does that work

[XpipedreamR]

A bidder may be outbid by less than a full increment. This would happen if the winning bidder's maximum bid beats the second highest maximum by an amount less than the full increment.

 

Bid Increments

[Brotherman]

A bidder may be outbid by less than a full increment. This would happen if the winning bidder's maximum bid beats the second highest maximum by an amount less than the full increment.

 

Bid Increments

 

That is the only thing that makes sense. - Hays

[Brotherman]

AWW Chris THAT STINKS!

Yes, I think you should complain, eBay made the rules - they should stick to them!

It hurts everyone but the sniper. The seller makes less money - even eBay makes less money; but worse - it isn't fair to the other bidders!

RATS! I was really hoping you would get that one.

 

Hays

 

 

 

 

Wait...the seller makes less money by taking the higher bid of the two? How does that work

 

I meant the seller makes more money if the next bid is at least the minimum bid allowed - it never occurred to me that the next bid could be a person's maximum bid and still be less than eBay's minimum bid.

 

Hays