A couple weeks ago, I saw an antique light I wanted. It was $250 or best offer. I sent a best offer of $225. I saw that a few minutes after my offer, a previous offer got a counter offer. Mine didn't, so I watched to see if I won. An hour and 10 minutes after I sent my offer, I see that the auction had ended, and I had not won. I was surprised that I had not won, and asked the seller what happened. He said he looked at his phone and was notified of an offer of $225, and he took it. The offer he took came in 70 minutes after mine. So, basically, I had the winning offer, but was overlooked, and a matching offer was taken. So, I would have thought that in the case of the same offers, the earlier offer should win.
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