Auction

[arbr_6492]

Has anyone else ever seen an auction time stamped like this.  It would not let me upload a picture so I had to type it.  How can a higher auction price be stamped at an earlier time?

Feb 7th $5   2:36:25 PST 

Feb 7th $5.54 2:30:48 PST

Feb 9th $6 4:54:19 am PST

Feb 11th $26 11:58:45 am PST

Feb 11th $36 11:58:50 am PST

Feb 10th $37 5:23:31 am PST 

The person who bid the $6 said they only bid to a max of $7, but somehow won it at $37

Any suggestions, comments, or help with this?

[nobody*s_perfect]

Pleas share a link to the listing, or the listing number.

The bid history of any auction shows the bids arranged by amount, not by bid time. 

Each new bid on an auction has to be at least one bid increment above the current high bid showing, not above the high bidder's full proxy bid amount, so it's possible (common, even) for an earlier bid to outbid a new bid.

[fashunu4eeuh]

Hi, @arbr_6492 and welcome.

What you describe is not unusual. It is standard operating procedure on eBay. it’s called automatic bidding (some may refer to it as proxy bidding). 

See the policy link below for more information.

https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/automatic-bidding?id=4014

[itsjustasprain]

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@arbr_6492 wrote:

Has anyone else ever seen an auction time stamped like this.  It would not let me upload a picture so I had to type it.  How can a higher auction price be stamped at an earlier time?

Feb 7th $5   2:36:25 PST 

Feb 7th $5.54 2:30:48 PST

Feb 9th $6 4:54:19 am PST

Feb 11th $26 11:58:45 am PST

Feb 11th $36 11:58:50 am PST

Feb 10th $37 5:23:31 am PST 

The person who bid the $6 said they only bid to a max of $7, but somehow won it at $37

Any suggestions, comments, or help with this?

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I would guess that maybe the winner with cold feet typed their high bid as $700 instead of $7.00 by mistake. If they want to cancel you might consider sending bidder #2 a Second Chance Offer for $36. If they accept then you will save a lot of hassle with relisting.

See if the Bid History page for the auction shows that #2 will consider SCOs. If he will (he does not have to accept them) then you will see a link for that next to his bid.

[redmodelt]

No one can win something if they didn't place the bid amount, eBay is not going to increase the bid amount out of the blue. 

I would ask them if they want to cancel and do so showing at buyers request. Then add them to your blocked buyers list. 

Kinda reads that they are sports bidding and did not intend to buy/win or miss bid and did not see it. 

[krazzykats]

From 2020, but I still think a very excellent explanation of Proxy bidding.