@rilejor_0 wrote:
When I look at the item from my watch list the color is red. When I look at it in the bids/offers page it is green. It also says im winning the bid, as im the only one so far who has bid. Is there seomething I'm doing wrong, or is it just a glitch I can ignore?
In Bidding List: Current bid price in Green if your leading - Red if outbid.
In Watch List : Current bid price [an item that has been bid on by you, win or not] is always Red.
It's been this way for some time now. Wasn't always like this. @rilejor_0
Yes, it does seem 'wrong' in terms of information. [read on below why it can be wrong]
Nothing to do with you or your browser [on a PC or laptop] Can't answer for iPads and the like... I don't use em nor phones < ever.
You need to be aware of the psychological tricks used in this auction format and the use of colour like that.
The Red colour has 'emotive' qualities - it provokes 'urgency' and screams attention now! to entice you into bidding again ASAP. It also suggest you are 'wrong'.... just like the teacher who marked you exam papers.
It's a ploy to 'hurry up' and it encourages bidding wars that increase the price bidders can end up paying if they 'win'. < that 'win' can be a loss if paying too much.
This ploy works especially well when people get an inappropriate 'ownership' to an item after they hold a 'winning' bid. This is where you can go very wrong and it can cost you more than you figured you wanted to spend while 'defending what you own' if in that deluded mindset.
Avoid doing wrong by placing 1 bid only on anything... either very early during the listing OR in the last seconds.
Figure out the maximum you want to pay and stick to that.
Don't be seduced by a riot colour flashed in your face, intended to suck more from your wallet.
