Max Bid Hijacking: Glitch or Scam? | Buying

sierrasun · 2023-05-29T04:31:47.193000Z

FYI: I just had an experience where my max bid surged hundreds over what I actually bid. When I should have lost the auction, I instead won it. I immediately reported to the seller and then requested to cancel the order via the Ebay self help system (closest match for reason from the list was "order placed by mistake"). About an hour after it happened, the seller (new eBayer) cancelled my order and relisted without replying to my message. I don't know if Ebay will investigate, hence I am posting here as a head's up for other buyers/sellers. I could possibly see accidentally hitting the wrong number but in this case I decided to stop bidding when the suggested max bid increments were still in the $100 range. When I reviewed the auto bids, none of them matched what I bid. They all consisted of the Ebay-suggested max bid increment with 50Â¢ tacked on to the end. I NEVER use the suggested bid increments for max bidding. I always type in the number myself â€” and they are never whole numbers. Therefore I can exclude user error as the source of the problem. These were flat-out NOT my bids! Has this happened to anyone else? Was it a glitch? Or some sort of bot hijacked my bidding activity? If there's a moderator here, please pass this on to management. Thanks.

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