what happened? Auction end notice

filipebonito · Guest

hi there,

any ideas of what has happened here?

"Auction end notice
Your maximum bid: 17.30
Current price: 16.60"

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7632 Location: Bristol, UK

What is the auction number?

My first guess would be that the seller ended the auction early.
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mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7154

Bid increment in that price range is 1 GBP.

See http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7632 Location: Bristol, UK

Ah I see... so it isn't necessarily an 'Auction end notice' then, it might be an 'Auction outbid notice'?
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mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7154

Correct, this has been changed a few months back to trigger a notice as soon as someone is outbid, or bid is too low. However this auction has ended.

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7632 Location: Bristol, UK

I should have looked more closely and asked what the currency was as well, it is always going to be more likely that the maximum bid is too low than that the seller ends the auction early.
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Guest · Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 2:58 pm Post subject:

thanks

i thought the increment would be lower...