ebay bidding war!

mike65

I only use ebay now and again this is the first time I've come across this issue, namely everytime I bid on an item someone else tops it automaticly.

See attachment for better understanding. I am effectively bidding against myself until the buyer known as goldseekers gets bored?. Is this cricket?

Mike.

mikemac

I don't think this is a scam.

The other bidder just has a high maximum bid as every time you placed a bid, ebay increased the first bidders bid on an incremental basis.

If you've ever placed a maximum bid, you'd see this. Ebay explain how maximum bids work

In fact, I'm certain this isn't a scam

AdrianR

If you're selling something on ebay I think the seller can set the bid increment, in this case it appears to be 20 pence. Gold seeker has bid a max amount (£5 or whatever) but will only outbit each bid by 20 pence until his maximum bit is beaten, ebay does this automatically as micmclo explained.

Ruu_Old

Ebay bids automatically for the user until it reaches the users highest bid they entered at the start of bidding.

KTRIC

Its called Proxy bidding, do a search on ebay help, I believe there is a good explanation of it there.

I'm surprised how many people that use ebay and don't know how this works.

mike65

Cheers. Anyways I is the highest bidder now

Mike.