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automatic bidding on ebay?

can someone please explain it to me! im trying to bid on a phone and a bloodly bidder keeps out bidding me by automatic bidding! explain please!

Public Comments

1. i think its where the seller has a programme where it bids after every bid of the buyers... so basically they are trying to work ur price upp hope that helped :)
2. Yes they use a program, it bids on theyre behalf to a certain extent
3. Automatic bidding on ebay is when the bidder (i.e you) puts down your highest bid on an item, however this is not the highest bid displayed, ebay will place a lower bid on your behalf aslong as its higher than the previous bid. Visit the link for a more detailed explanation.
4. i think automatic bidding means that someone has put a top bid in that he is willing to pay for eg £15 and every time someone else bids and if it isn't has much as the £15 it keeps on going up ,then say you bid over £15 his bid ends . hope you understand that ..... :)
5. Its called shhhhing and its where the seller has a programme that automatically outbids you until it reaches the price they are seeking. It happened to me recently so I started bidding odd amounts like £5.67 and it automatically came back with a new bid of £6.67 no matter what I bid it came back £1 higher until we got to £15 then it stopped. If you experience this you are supposed to report it to Ebay.
6. Yes, it's simple. You enter your maximum bid - the most you're willing to pay for the item, and the eBay system will automatically bid the minimum amount in order to beat the last highest bid. Say, for example, there is a phone you want and the highest bid is currently 60. If you're willing to pay a maximum of 120, then you would enter that amount. eBay will then bid 61 to beat the previous highest bidder. If another bidder then bids a maximum of 80, eBay will automatically increase your bid to 81, which maintains you as highest bidder.
7. All these people who responded that the seller is bidding on their own item are what we in the business call IDIOTS.