Author: Dick Schneiders
Date: 20:32:26 09/13/05
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On September 13, 2005 at 22:07:38, Steve B wrote: >On September 13, 2005 at 21:56:56, Steve B wrote: > >>in looking over the final bidders list i see that the winning bidder outbid >>himself? >> >>this dosent look right to me >> >>when a winning bidder places an additional bid to cover his previous bid(with a >>new max bid) then this is only invoked if someone pushes him over into the new >>max >> >>but here we see that the winners original bid placed on Sept 8 was good enough >>to sustain all of the bids that came after >>so why does he now appear twice as both the winning bidder and the second place >>bidder? >> >>perhaps because the third bidder pushed the winner into the new max? >>but in that case i think his first bid should still hold and not have to have >>the new max invoked?? >> >>http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=5997336676 >in other words.. > >on Sept 8 the winner placed a bid with a Max of 1150 >no other bidder bid that high > >why was his original bid not good enough to win and therefore his second >covering bid was invoked? > >suppose the winner did not make a second covering bid..but only the first bid?? > >he still wins but at 1150 not 1152?? > >Steve Steve, I don't recall seeing this happen before, but it could be that the increment between bids, at this level, is $20 and when he placed the last bid, eBay applied the increment from the previous highest bid from *somebody else*. I think he would have won it at 1150 if he had not placed that final bid. Still Seems Strange Though Regards, Dick Schneiders
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