Bulk Ink for an inkjet printer.
My Max. bid was $40.66. And that was the winning bid. The last bid before that was around $31.00. How come my bid was not just enough to beat the other bidder? I know that he didn't bid 40.65. Right???
This happened to me with the other auction I won at $5.55. And that was my max. bid. The reason I wantd to use an auction snipper was to get the lowest price I could on items I bid on. If I just want to win I could bid $1,000 dollars and win. So, Why does Ebay or Myibay not just raise my bid just high enough to win???
I thought that was the whole point.
TY, Steve
Here is the answer I sent to your request in the support. I put a copy there as well:
There is no way to know the previous bid unless you put a bid.
There is no way to know that it was $31.00. None of the snipers can do it for you.
When you bid on the maximum amount in the Dutch type of auction, then your bid is always your maximum. These are eBay rules.
Please check this link for more information:
http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/proxy-bidding.html You can find the following note:
"This bidding system does not apply to Multiple Item Auctions (Dutch Auctions).".
Dutch auctions work different way and it's harder to snipe and find the best bid for it (unless, there are much more items than you want to win).
Please let me know if you have more questions or need more information.
Thanks.
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