I will admit upfront that I have only used e-bay some years ago so really know little about e-bay. I'm wondering when looking at the items recommended by list members if the option someone has used as their highest bid kicks in when someone is beat out almost instantly. The instructions say that e-bay will keep bidding for you until your top bid is reached. Maybe someone isn't being a "bad guy" deliberately; rather, it is technology that is automatically placing the next bid on the behalf of some *innocent* bidder.
Darlene Mulholland www.darlenem.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Liz Beecher Sent: August 7, 2003 11:52 AM To: Chat Subject: RE: [lace-chat] Email from a beaten bidder on ebay I've put my first bid on ebay last night and as I put it on I was told that it had already been topped. So, following the rules that one of the guys here suggested I raised my bid by 50p and checked that if I added the postage on I would still be below my maximum. Now, I really want the item but if it goes past my maximum I will, with good grace, give in. The bidding is the main fun - getting the goods is the real bonus. However, I think that they way the other bidder behaved was disgusting - can you report them to ebay for their behaviour as I think it is completely out of line. To send an email say 'you caught me out' would have been bad enough but to call you a B******* is wrong. Anyway, if they were watching it as the bidding closed why didn't they rebid? Regards Liz Beecher --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.507 / Virus Database: 304 - Release Date: 04/08/2003 To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace-chat [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
