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1ST BUYER'S BIDS SHOWING TWICE. Seems like this may discourage competive bidding
1ST BUYER'S BID SHOWING TWICE.
Seems like this eBay practice may discourage competitive bidding from other potential buyers . Why can't eBay keep buyers' multiple bids anonymous until they are outbid by another bidder, then the 1st bidder's next increment kicks in, like a real auction. I believe it costs me money - so then it costs eBay as well...the winner is the buyer able to do this. Anyone out there experience this -feel the same way? Seems to give the first buyer an unfair edge. It especially hurts the seller doing all the work, for less return. Example below, the 2nd bid is not real. If this is the policy eBay wishes to impose, then why don't they take the buyers highest bid ? I hope for other eBay sellers' experience and if they know of a work-around please share it, or why eBay even does the bidding increments in this way - not right - not fair. Look forward to comments. Thank you
Bid Amount Bid Time Location Action
Feedback Score (6) | $30.00 | 15 Jan 2025 at 1:47:36pm PST | 33884-3567 |
Feedback Score (6) | $30.00 | 15 Jan 2025 at 1:47:20pm PST | 33884-3567 | |
Starting price | $30.00 | 9 Jan 2025 at 2:02:26pm PST |
salesfrome2you
OP1 year agoI do appreciate the comments, but am still a little confused.
So my understanding is;
when I see only one bid from one buyer - means that they did not leave other insurance/increment bids ?
That the one buyer that did leave insurance/increment bids that show as (2) bids - stays this way unless/until there is an actual second buyer?
Hope I made sense.
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year agoOne bid from one bidder means one bidder bid once.
Two bids from one bidder means one bidder bid twice.
Bidders can bid as many times as desired -- so long as each bid is at least one bid increment greater than the previous bid amount.
eBay does not display the maximum bid amount of the highest bidder, so if you are looking at the highest bidder's bid, there is no way to know if the actual amount the bidder has bid was more than that showing bid amount -- unless it is outbid or another bidder bids within one increment of it.
If a single bidder is the only bidder and bids ten times, then bid amount displayed is still the starting bid amount; but the minimum amount of the current hidden maximum is nine bid increments above the starting bid amount -- the first bid must match or exceed the starting bid amount, and each successive bid must be at least one increment above the previous bid amount.
eburtonlab
Mentor1 year agoNot sure why you think the second bid is not real, or that it gives the bidder an unfair advantage, or that it somehow hurts the seller. None of those things are actually the case.
If a bidder bids more than once and the same price is shown, the bidder is raising the bidder's hidden bid amount. That is all.
Keep in mind that eBay only displays enough of the high bidder's bid amount to beat the second highest bidder's maximum bid amount by up to one bid increment.
In a no-reserve auction, the first bidder's bid is always displayed at the opening bid amount, no matter how high the bidder bids or how many times the bidder bids, as long as there is only one bidder bidding.
The fact remains, at the end of the auction, the highest bid wins and pays up to one increment over the second highest bidder's maximum, no matter who bids however many times. In the case of a tie, the earlier bidder wins and pays the maximum bid amount.