At 06:36 PM 6/11/04 +0100, you wrote:
>Also, do any of the Ebay nuts here know what happens if, for example, I did
>this:
>  1) I place a bid of $50
>  2) Someone bids up to $20
>  3) I place a bid of $95
>
>Assuming the bid increment is $1, would the bid at (3) cancel out the bid at
>(1) (meaning the price stands at $51) or would it increase my maximum bid and
>leave the current bid at $21? This kind of situation doesn't seem to be
>covered by Ebay's online help.
>

1) You place a bid of $50
2) Someone bids up to $20

If the starting bid was say $10, then your bid will be entered as $10 (only
you and ebay know of your $50 max).  Then the person enters their $20 bid,
the posted bid will be in your name at $21.

Then the second person says "whoa. That's worth at least $30 to me" and
bids $30.  Then ebay reports you still have it at $31 and so on.

So you have it at $31 but are nervous so decide to raise your max to $95.

I haven't done any ebay for a while but the way it used to work was that
your new bid amound would cause ebay to post a new bid total which in this
case would be $32 in your name. You already had the high bid at $31 so this
doesn't make sense exactly but that's the way it worked a couple of years ago.

Good luck.
Tom

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