have to ask im not one for bidding on somthing but the other day i bid on somthing on here twice and not even a secound later the bid went up within seconds. now im no expert but surly unless someone else has been sitting on there computer 24 7 for the last 4 days then how does this work. does this mean im now were the winning bid so it goes up in 5 pound bids or what. cheers for explaining though. cheers

If somebody has already put in a bid that's higher than your bid then the bid will increase to an amount that beats you. This will carry on until you outbid everyone. Just like ebay.

 

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If you have the Ebay app (assuming it's Ebay you're using) you receive an instant alert on your phone, so it's very possible the other bidder has just bid a higher amount, though probabaly not if it was seconds....possible though.

As Steams stated, its called a proxy bid, where the system will automatically bid upto your highest amount entered, so if someone wants an item and lets say, think its worth £100 to them and the bidding starts at £20, whatever amount you put in as a bid on the same item, will automatically outbid you up to the highest bid placed by the first bidder, in this case £100, so you would have to bid £101 or whatever increment set at the time to win the item.

well in that case of witch make sence i have been bidding aganst myself for the last two days up in accroments of 5 pound 10 times tonight costing me over the odds at 50 quid thrown away. . and although i won the bid what a bloddddeeee suprize there then cas i wasnt bidding aganst someone. and although im happy i won but not happy i have just thrown away 50 quid to a proxy bid system and will not be diiding on here again, and must say also that this is the only and first rant i have had to have about this forume since before 2008. rant over. and thanks for your info. that said tomorows another day.love you all.

well in that case of witch make sence i have been bidding aganst myself for the last two days up in accroments of 5 pound 10 times tonight costing me over the odds at 50 quid thrown away. . and although i won the bid what a bloddddeeee suprize there then cas i wasnt bidding aganst someone. and although im happy i won but not happy i have just thrown away 50 quid to a proxy bid system and will not be diiding on here again, and must say also that this is the only and first rant i have had to have about this forume since before 2008. rant over. and thanks for your info. that said tomorows another day.love you all.

 

You would have been bidding against someone mate - but someone who placed a much higher maximum bid than you expected; so you had to go higher than his maximum to win it...:wink:

 

Like Graham said, say you bid £20, but someone else entered a bid of £100. Each time you increase your bid, "his" will automatically increase to just above yours until you exceed the £100 - example; "his" bid will be £21 - so you enter £30, then "his" automatically becomes £31 - so you bid £40 and so on. Until you reach £101.... Exactly like Ebay!!

 

The auction facility is a new idea on the forum - so we will monitor all feedback; positive and negative, to determine whether it is a good idea and if we should keep it. I am pleased you won the item, but understand why you might not have had such a positive experience; early days yet though mate and thanks for your comments - and sorry it wasn't a good one for you:flowers:

 

Peace out man:wink:

 

Richard:cool:

Out of interest what were you bidding on? Z related? As I too have been bidding on eBay for two blitz bovs that finished yesterday...

Sorry ignore me, I assumed ebay. Doh