Gixen.com :: Topic review - Placed first bid and then was outbid by less then increment

Rukovodilac · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 10:24 am Post subject:

Oh, so that's the thing! Thank you very much!

Cupid · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 6:12 am Post subject:

In Euro the bid increment at that level is not 5 Euro it is only 1:

http://pages.ebay.de/help/buy/bid-increments.html

Rukovodilac · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 5:30 am Post subject:

eBay-Artikelnummer: 301890630982

Cupid · Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2016 3:47 am Post subject:

If you would like someone to look at it please can you supply the auction number.

Rukovodilac

Hi,
I am new to auctions and I lost 2 of them so far after which I read about ebay bidding principles as well as sniping principles and I think I am familiar with it now except one unclear thing.
In my 2nd auction I was outbid by less then increment. That wouldn't be strange if there were (other) bids before I placed mine. However, there were no bids at all. I placed my bid in the amount same as starting bid (250,00 eur) and seconds before auction closed someone won with 251,00 eur bid although minimum increment was 5 eur.
How is that possible?