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patrick Pillar of the Community United States 560 Posts	Posted 01/14/2008 11:33 am I'm sorry if this comes across as a very dumb question but I'm new to using ebay and am wondering how it works. I think I get the whole bidding thing so I'm alright there. But I just placed a bid on an item and was instantly outbid. Obviously, I upped my bid a little (it was way underpriced anyway) and was outbid again. I gave up on that coin and tried another - just for the sake of experimentation - and the same thing happened again. So what's going on here? I've also been following the thread on sniping and was wondering how/where you would set up software to do this. Thanks for any advice! patrick Report this Post to the Staff

bobby131313 Forum Dad United States 24173 Posts	Posted 01/14/2008 11:39 am When you put a bid in, ebay will only show the rest of the world the portion of your bid that puts you on the top. ebay keeps the rest of your bid secret. So if there was someone that bid say $100 but was winning the auction at $50, then you bid $75, the previous bidders bid is automatically upped to beat your by ebay's proxy system. It's instant. Hope I explained that well enough. Shop CCF Members on eBay. Report this Post to the Staff
patrick Pillar of the Community United States 560 Posts	Posted 01/14/2008 11:46 am Very well. And very quickly too! Thanks Bobby. Report this Post to the Staff
1sikevo Pillar of the Community United States 1130 Posts	Posted 01/14/2008 1:11 pm Sniping would not help in a situation where you are bidding below someone's max bid. I always set a max bid at least a little over the next bid increment so I don't get sniped. Report this Post to the Staff
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