Help!! An Ebay bidding question

[Wyatt Burp]

I am going to bid on something on Ebay but I forgot about how this works. Say if the highest bid so far is $200 and I bid $300 towards the end but no one else bid above $200, do I get it for $205 or whatever the next increment is, or for $300? Hope that made sense.

 

[rags]

Yep...... That's it. Yes!!!!! But if another bidder had $300.25 as his max, he will still be winning it at that moment in time.

My advice stopped at...."Say if the highest bid so far is $200 and I bid $300 towards the end but no one else bid above $200, do I get it for $205 or whatever the next increment is...?"<here!

 

[Geno44]

Yes. Ebay only uses the next increment of what you bid to get you the win. I always slam the item with that in mind and I put in what I would be willing to pay if necessary. If I lose, God bless the winner! It ws worth more to him than me.

 

[chaparrito]

I am going to bid on something on Ebay but I forgot about how this works. Say if the highest bid so far is $200 and I bid $300 towards the end but no one else bid above $200, do I get it for $205 or whatever the next increment is, or for $300? Hope that made sense.

Yes, you'll get it for the next highest increment, not your maximum bid.

 

[Tom S.]

NO!!! It depends on what the current bidder has bid. Let's use your $200 item as an example. Now let's say that $200 bid is mine, and the bid increment for the auction is $5. I may have bid $250, but because no one else has bid, or because my bid is currently the high bid, the auction reads the minimum required "high" bid of $200. Then you put in your bid for $300. EBay will now show your bid as the highest bid - at $255, or $5 above my highest bid.

If there were no bids and the item is listed at a starting bid of $200 or if my bid was for only $200, then yes, your $300 bid would only be posted at the starting bid of $200 or at $205 to top my bid.

 

[StakeOut]

I was bidding on an ebay NIB computer accessory that was at $66 and $13 shipping when I went up to $67 with my bid.Within seconds I was outbid.This told me someone wanted it badly enough to run the bidding up.

I then moved on and bought the same item for a Buy It Now $90 with free expedited shipping.

The bid on one went for a final price of $93.65 plus the $13 shipping.

Ebay buyers/bidders very often are in a world of their own.

 

[Protocall_Design]

Yes, it depends on what someone else has put in as the highest they are willing to go. If they said their top price would be $340 and you put in $300 for a top bid, they would get it for $305, or next increment.

 

[Sevens]

This is called "proxy bidding" and if everyone on Ebay and Gunbroker simply used and embraced it, all lives would be more pleasant.

 

[GKC]

My wife is a avid eBay bidder, but if I want something, I just look for it listed as a Buy It Now and pay for it. She likes the action, but not me. She also likes coupons, and looks for clearance racks in the store. I have to give her credit for that...she always looks for bargains and ways to save money.

 

[DWalt]

Best to just bid the top price you would be willing to pay. You get it for that bid (or probably less) or you don't get it at all.