Issue with bid count number

[noahshu]

Let’s say you bid on an item at the lowest level of the starting bid . Let’s. Say it’s 15$ .. then after that bid it now shows the item has 1 bid . Now you know you won’t be around by the time the auction ends . So you enter a max bid of 20$ … now the auction say there are 2 bids and it’s still at 15$ .. this now gives a dishonest seller to create a fake account and drive the price up on his item . As he knows there has two bids on an item and it’s still sitting at the original price of  the first bid that had been entered at 15$ this is a major flaw in the system . It should not show another bid being placed if you are entered 

a max bid ! 

[jacbarcollectibles]

This is they way it has ben for many years.  Sellers know nothing about any max bids you have made and the listing will show the starting bid that was made until a different bidder comers along and makes their bid.

eBay monitors auctions and does not allow bids to be made by sellers or anyone associated with their account.  If the seller is caught finding a way to make a bid on their own listing they will be removed from the site and prosecuted as shill bidding is a felony in all States.

[woodland_gnome]

You placed TWO bids that count as two bids by 1 bidder.   If there is a flaw in this it is you who flawed it.  There is absolutely no need to enter the minimum bid amount or some other lesser amount in order to enter a "maximum bid".    If you had entered the $20.00 bid in the first place it would still show as $15.00 and the count would be 1 bid.  

Bid your TRUE maximum that you are willing and able to pay for that particular item as listed (don't forget to back out shipping etc.) WITHOUT REGARD to what others appear or don't appear to have bid. There is absolutely no need to figure out what others have or haven't bid or might bid* in determining your bid amount, since it ALREADY will have been figured into the price if you win. While some claim tactical reasons to place a lower bid early in the auction and then wait until near the end to bid your full TRUE maximum, I advise bidding only 1 time (can't repeat it enough: at your TRUE maximum) because you are never guaranteed a rebid (and there are circumstances where the prior bid prevents a rebid on that same auction) and this overcomes your objection to having 2 bids displayed. For several reasons later bidding is better than early bidding (doesn't use up your Limits, keeps your options open, doesn't leave your hidden maximum available for others, including dishonest sellers, to probe by "nibbling" at it) and I recommend using a third party "snipe service" (do a websearch, there are reliable and secure ones that are free for limited use or there are different fee schedules that best suit your bidding quantity and ratio of wins) to place your bid during the last few seconds using eBay's API rather than the not especially reliable web interface or, worse, mobile app.


*(other than to assume someone else will value the item about the same as you, so bid a bit ABOVE any round or roundish number you come up with to increase your chances of being on the winning side of what might have been a tie or a loss to someone else who knows this tip)