Bid not placed?

[LarryLexMa]

Greetings all,

This is the second time I've *tried* to use gixen, and I'm not at all sure gixen placed my bid. The item number is 220263390189
I (seemingly) added a gixen bid for $81.55 ~12 hours before auction close, details below. However, the auction closed, with (a) a price under my bid (b) no indication in the bid history that my bid was even entered, and (c) gixen saying "Bid under price" (But my bid of $81.55 was greater than the $81.00 settling price.)
Can anybody explain what happened?

-- Thanks,

Larry (A somewhat bewildered gixen newbie)

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From Gixen:
Scheduled bids for user larrylexma

eBay Item Number Time To End Bid Current Quantity Status Edit Delete
220263390189 Dayton Compound Mill Table (by lmfawcett)
ENDED 81.55 45.00 1 BID UNDER ASKING PRICE
Why did I lose this auction?

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From the eBay bid history:

Item number:220263390189
Dayton Compound Mill Table
Winning bid: US $81.00

Bidders:3Bids:4Time Ended:Aug-04-08 05:46:37 PDT
This item has ended.

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Bidder Bid Amount Bid Time

1canpara-hq( 408) US $81.00 Jul-30-08 11:25:46 PDT



o***r( 332) US $80.00 Aug-04-08 05:46:29 PDT



t***t( 161) US $76.12 Aug-04-08 05:46:30 PDT



o***r( 332) US $70.99 Aug-04-08 05:46:23 PDT


Starting Price US $45.00 Jul-30-08 05:46:37 PDT

[Cupid]

Larry,

I think this is the most commonly asked question, and is hence covered in the FAQs. The bid increment in that price range is $1 so any bid below $82 would not be accepted by eBay at the point that gixen came to place your bid.

See:

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

Had your bid been placed before Aug-04-08 05:46:29 PDT (when the $80 was placed) which was 8 seconds before the auction finished then yours would have been accepted, you may still not have won as 1canpara-hq's bid may have been even higher we will never know. So you might find it useful to increase your bid offset.
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Mark