One for the collectors

[craig9mm]

I suspect it is working like , someone else has put in a maximum bid higher than you have bid so far so when you up yours theirs goes above it automatically.

how come their much higher bid wasnt showing in the first place,it was on £50 for days,only went up when I started bidding...?
very odd....
still,wont be heartbroke,just a bit of fun

[Garvin]

how home their higher bid wasnt showing in the first place,it was on £50 for days,only went up when I started bidding...?
very odd....
still,wont be heartbroke,just a bit of fun

That's how online auctions work - as Rich said, they only show a higher bid when someone else places a higher one. Otherwise your maximum is invisible and if you're lucky, you get it for less...

[averageplinker]

Ooh, I have just noticed the forum automatically edited my post and removed my reference to that well know online auction site. Clever forum

[Phil Russell]

It works so that the winner gets it for the lowest bid they could make to outbid the opposition; up to their maximum bid amount. If the opposition places a bid higher than the highest bid that the original bidder can make, then the opposition bid becomes the highest bid.

So if the item is at £100 but you were to enter your highest bid as £1000 then you might go into the lead at £125 but the opposition may then bid up to say £150, your auto bid would then automatically bid £175 for you so you could well win. (depending on how the automatic system increases bids) and so it goes on until one of you runs out of bid.
Cheers, Phil

[gingernut]

This is all very exciting, but when I sell part of my collection-

The sale is at my home.
You have a choice of tea or coffee.
And biscuits.
There is no buyers premium.
You will get all accessories,manual and a free bag with each gun.

I appreciate that I may be missing something but my system seems to work well.

[cozzamec]

This is all very exciting, but when I sell part of my collection-

The sale is at my home.
You have a choice of tea or coffee.
And biscuits.
There is no buyers premium.
You will get all accessories,manual and a free bag with each gun.

I appreciate that I may be missing something but my system seems to work well.

Having attended your previous sales I can confirm the above is correct, but I didn't get a biscuit Patrick!

[gingernut]

Having attended your previous sales I can confirm the above is correct, but I didn't get a biscuit Patrick!

I knew someone would pick me up on that.
Going to cost me a fortune in Hobnobs.

[Garvin]

This is all very exciting, but when I sell part of my collection-

The sale is at my home.
You have a choice of tea or coffee.
And biscuits.
There is no buyers premium.
You will get all accessories,manual and a free bag with each gun.

I appreciate that I may be missing something but my system seems to work well.

You're so 1970s, Patrick.

[gingernut]

You're so 1970s, Patrick.

60s Danny.
Not so keen on the 70s Music ,Fashion etc went a bit pear shaped.
Actually flare shaped!

[craig9mm]

This is all very exciting, but when I sell part of my collection-

The sale is at my home.
You have a choice of tea or coffee.
And biscuits.
There is no buyers premium.
You will get all accessories,manual and a free bag with each gun.

I appreciate that I may be missing something but my system seems to work well.

err is that Christchurch NZ........!!!!!!!!!!
long way for a free biccie

[cozzamec]

err is that Christchurch NZ........!!!!!!!!!!
long way for a free biccie

Dorset old bean, Dorset.