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JohnGoes Offline
#1 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 9:01 PM EST
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I go to an auction. Someone has bid, it's $4. $4 is the bid next to the name, fine. Bid to beat is $5. I bid $5. Get the refreshed page and it says you are losing this lot. I look down and the bid from the person is now the amount that I just bid but their bid was from say, 3 days ago. It now has a higher price to bid to beat the bid price that no one else has made, just me.
Anyone else see that as a scam built into the software?
Whistlebritches Offline
#2 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 9:15 PM EST
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,128
JohnGoes wrote:
I go to an auction. Someone has bid, it's $4. $4 is the bid next to the name, fine. Bid to beat is $5. I bid $5. Get the refreshed page and it says you are losing this lot. I look down and the bid from the person is now the amount that I just bid but their bid was from say, 3 days ago. It now has a higher price to bid to beat the bid price that no one else has made, just me.
Anyone else see that as a scam built into the software?


When you bid you can also set your "max" bid.Everytime someone bids your max bid beats it til exhausted.His max may be $10.......just keep bumping it til you win.Losing a bid is a sign of weakness.
delta1 Offline
#3 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 9:18 PM EST
Joined: 11-23-2011
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it's an auto-bid feature, which allows a bidder to set a higher amount, that is hidden, a maximum bid amount that he's willing to pay, but will only increase as others bid the price up in the established increments.

In your example, the person may have set $7 as his maximum, so if you bid $6 after seeing his bid at $5, the page will refresh automatically to show his name and his $7 bid. If you bid $8, you'll then have outbid his max bid and the page will refresh accordingly...hope this helps...


edit: Whistle types faster and thinks more quickly...
tonygraz Offline
#4 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 9:44 PM EST
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Just one of our active members outbidding you because you are not a regular poster. Losing is a sign of weakness and they are testing you.
ZRX1200 Offline
#5 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 10:04 PM EST
Joined: 07-08-2007
Posts: 60,589
I WON, YOU LOST LOSER!
cacman Offline
#6 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 10:25 PM EST
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Isn't there a "membership level" that takes care of this?
frankj1 Offline
#7 Posted: Thu, Aug 16 2018, 10:27 PM EST
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Posts: 44,221
cacman wrote:
Isn't there a "membership level" that takes care of this?

chit stirring, Carl?
KingoftheCove Offline
#8 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 12:37 PM EST
Joined: 10-08-2011
Posts: 7,631
frankj1 wrote:
chit stirring, Carl?

Now see, that's the difference between Z, and the rest of us.
Z can just throw the "P" word around Willynilly.
Cacman, and the rest of have to make vague references to it, or we get tossed near the Cameroon landing zone.
Think
Z's mommy plays favorites!
Salmoneye Offline
#9 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 5:09 PM EST
Joined: 01-18-2011
Posts: 163
OPie seriously needs to get out more...
frankj1 Offline
#10 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 6:08 PM EST
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Posts: 44,221
KingoftheCove wrote:
Now see, that's the difference between Z, and the rest of us.
Z can just throw the "P" word around Willynilly.
Cacman, and the rest of have to make vague references to it, or we get tossed near the Cameroon landing zone.
Think
Z's mommy plays favorites!

you make a valid point!
ZRX1200 Offline
#11 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 7:16 PM EST
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Posts: 60,589
FREE CIGARS ON ALL CAMPING TRIPS!
frankj1 Offline
#12 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 7:46 PM EST
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Posts: 44,221
^^^

I always ask "what's the downside of the deal?"
Whistlebritches Offline
#13 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 8:20 PM EST
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Posts: 22,128
frankj1 wrote:
^^^

I always ask "what's the downside of the deal?"


My guess is your face in a pillow
frankj1 Offline
#14 Posted: Fri, Aug 17 2018, 9:15 PM EST
Joined: 02-08-2007
Posts: 44,221
Whistlebritches wrote:
My guess is your face in a pillow

I can't believe I actually like you!
Whistlebritches Offline
#15 Posted: Sun, Aug 19 2018, 12:07 AM EST
Joined: 04-23-2006
Posts: 22,128
frankj1 wrote:
I can't believe I actually like you!



LMAO
bikrtrsh Offline
#16 Posted: Sun, Aug 19 2018, 12:48 AM EST
Joined: 01-29-2009
Posts: 134
Is there a little bromance goin on?
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