Bidding too high in error
tombo
Posts: 332
I was wondering if anyone has ever had this problem, and how it worked out: I intended on bidding $71.24 on a raw boxing card that probably has a value of maybe $100 or so. Unfortunately, I ddin't press the decimal hard enough and the bid logged in at $7124.00 (A little more than I was willing to go). Someone bid the card all the way up to $250+. I have bought from this seller many times and emailed regarding my error and offering to pay his ebay fees. Still waiting to hear back from him.
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Steve
People like that really piss me off. Now, if it was in fact done in error, I think ebay could implement a system whereas if you're entering a bid over a certain dollar amount (beit $100 or $1000) which would bring you to an additional screen that boldly point out your bid amount. Or, maybe a percentage system whereas if you're entering a bid over say 100% of the current bid you have to go through an additional confirmation. It would literally be just an extra click for a legit bidder but would allow ebay to make people stick to their bids. Why bid retractions are even allowed escapes me.
Arthur
Like Steve said, you should cancel the bid right away and then like Arthur said re-bid right away too.
Good luck with the seller, I hope you didn't cost him a $250 sale!
That's why I've used a sniping service (bidnapper.com) for the past couple of years. No more funny business!
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WaltDisneyBoards
I have to agree with Arthur. When you enter a bid, you are then asked to confirm it. So you entered the wrong amount (mistake 1), confirmed it without checking the number entered (mistake 2) and now you want the seller to pay for your mistake (mistake 3). You're asking him to lose a sale because of your carelessness. He cannot go back to the underbidder and expect him to pay any more than an increment above what bidder #3 bid; which means you're basically asking him to acknowledge that you completely screwed up his auction and, since you've bought from him before, would he please let you off the hook for about 40 cents. He can't even relist the item because the interested parties know something is rotten in Denmark.
My advice would be to take the high road, take responsibility for your mistake and consider it a small price to pay for a lesson learned.
"All evil needs to triumph is for good men to do nothing."
I bought a item I didnt want. Seller didnt want to lose his $$ so I got it and offered it to the 2nd highest bidder at a lower price. But now with ebay hiding user names unsure if you can do that now.
Arthur