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eBay question Message #1 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 26 Feb 2006, 12:21 p.m. look at the following bidding: http://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=8767123326 On Feb-22-06 18:03:27 PST tzeng0831us bids $333.00 a little bit later Feb-22-06 18:03:42 PST mcnuggets4540 makes a bid which brings the winning amount to $333.33 How can that be? Once tzeng0831us placed the bid, mcnuggets4540 should have been forced to bid higher than the bid increment (I guess $5 at that level). **vp

Re: eBay question Message #2 Posted by Etienne Victoria on 26 Feb 2006, 1:11 p.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis Yassou Vassilis, Not quite, at the end of an auction, I think the final highest bid takes it all regardless of the bid increment. Look at this other auction I just won: Hp Auction The last bids are separated only by 0.22 which is less than the auction increment. FYI, my bid was 22.22 Best regards Etienne Edited: 26 Feb 2006, 1:11 p.m.

Re: eBay question Message #3 Posted by Howard Owen on 26 Feb 2006, 2:08 p.m., in response to message #1 by Vassilis Prevelakis That's right. mcnuggets4540 top bid was $333.33, which was barely enough to win. From http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increments.html: Quote: Note: A bidder may be outbid by less than a full increment. This would happen if the winning bidder's maximum bid beats the second highest maximum by an amount less than the full increment. Regards, Howard

Re: eBay question Message #4 Posted by Vassilis Prevelakis on 27 Feb 2006, 2:07 a.m., in response to message #3 by Howard Owen ho ho I get it. My question was how did he get to place a bid that was less than the current bid plus the increment. But the current bid was not $333, it was around $192. Thanks guys **vp

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