JohnGoes
Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:01:57 PM
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
Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:15:04 PM

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?

JohnGoes wrote:

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
Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:18:43 PM
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
Thursday, August 16, 2018 10:44:36 PM
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
Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:04:56 PM
I WON, YOU LOST LOSER!
cacman
Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:25:19 PM
Isn't there a "membership level" that takes care of this?
frankj1
Thursday, August 16, 2018 11:27:44 PM

Isn't there a "membership level" that takes care of this?

cacman wrote:

chit stirring, Carl?

KingoftheCove
Friday, August 17, 2018 1:37:14 PM

chit stirring, Carl?

frankj1 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.

:-k

Z's mommy plays favorites!

Salmoneye
Friday, August 17, 2018 6:09:22 PM
OPie seriously needs to get out more...

frankj1
Friday, August 17, 2018 7:08:31 PM

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.

:-k

Z's mommy plays favorites!

KingoftheCove wrote:

you make a valid point!

ZRX1200
Friday, August 17, 2018 8:16:04 PM
FREE CIGARS ON ALL CAMPING TRIPS!
frankj1
Friday, August 17, 2018 8:46:59 PM
^^^

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

Whistlebritches
Friday, August 17, 2018 9:20:57 PM

^^^

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

frankj1 wrote:

My guess is your face in a pillow

frankj1
Friday, August 17, 2018 10:15:31 PM

My guess is your face in a pillow

Whistlebritches wrote:

I can't believe I actually like you!

Whistlebritches
Sunday, August 19, 2018 1:07:05 AM

I can't believe I actually like you!

frankj1 wrote:

LMAO

bikrtrsh
Sunday, August 19, 2018 1:48:52 AM
Is there a little bromance goin on?