Same amount bid by 2 bidders?

[jrmnyc7fxm]

I am showing two bidders bid the same amount for one of my items about 30 minutes apart. How is that possible and how do I handle this if there is not a higher bid?

[biggymoe]

If the auction were to end, as is, the first $35 bidder wins.  The second bidder may be nibbling to see what the others bidders, high bid is.  They will come back near the end and bid higher.  In any case, if an auction ends with two identical bids, the first bid, at that amount, will win.

[donsdetour]

First one that bid that amount wins, eBay will show you who is the correct highest bidder first if it end this way.

Watch for bid retractions.

[roadking5555]

I have seen this numerous times. Completely normal. If the auction ended with the same bids as it is now the tie goes to the bidder with the earliest bid.

It happens when a new bidder starts increasing bids in increments, just happens he bid the same as the original bidder's highest amount. If the 2nd bidder increases his or her bid by the set increment they will take the lead.

[pburn]

You need to expand the bid history chart to display automatic (aka proxy) bids. The timeline will then show you:

So, here's what happened:

• Bidder #1, displayed in the above chart as 1***2 (17), placed a proxy bid of $35 on July 6, 2022, at 8:43:17 pm PDT. The bid increment at the time required only a visible bid of $33 (out of the $35 of the proxy s/he bid).
• Bidder #2, displayed in the above chart as 5***p (13), placed a stand-alone bid of $35 on July 6, 2022, at 9:16:48pm PDT (about 30 minutes after Bidder #1 placed the proxy bid of $35.
• By Bidder #2 placing a matching $35 bid, Bidder #1's proxy kicked in at $35 also. Since the first person to bid a specific amount wins a tie, as it were, Bidder #1's proxy bid now shows as winning the auction.

@jrmnyc7fxm 

Always make sure you expand that bid history chart to include automatic bids in order to get a clear picture of the entire bidding chronology. Entries for automatic/proxy bids will appear in a lighter font.

[nobody*s_perfect]

Ties are possible because each new bid must be at least one full bid increment above the current high bid showing.

When the bidder with (13) feedback placed their second bid, the high bid showing was $33, so eBay would accept any bid at $34.00 or more. He chose to bid $35.00, which happened to be the full amount of the earlier proxy bid placed by the bidder with (17) feedback.  As noted at the bottom of every bid history, "If two people bid the same amount, the first bid has priority."

[mr_lincoln]

@jrmnyc7fxm   What you are seeing is one member (17 feedback) has placed a max bid at or above $ 35 and until someone else bids higher then that max bid they will be shown on top of the list and holding the winning bid position.  When a Buyer places a max bid only the amount needed to beat the next lowest bidder is used from their max bid ...

If you look at the time stamps you will see the (17) Feedback member placed their max bid (whatever that is) about 4 minutes before the other member started bidding ...

Regards,

Mr. L

[nobody*s_perfect]

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@mr_lincoln wrote: ... one member (17 feedback) has placed a max bid at or above $ 35   ...

If you look at the time stamps you will see the (17) Feedback member placed their max bid (whatever that is) about 4 minutes before the other member started bidding ... 

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If bider (17) had a proxy bid higher than $35, then the high bid showing would be $36.00.  The tie bid means that the $35 is his full proxy bid.

Also, bidder (13) placed a bid two DAYS (minus 4 minutes) before bidder (17), then came back and bid again after bidder (17) had placed their bid.