Editing Maximum bids?

[adruml]

No you haven't. You haven't understood at all.

Trust me I have.

[johnwash1]

I'm looking at this as wanting to see how high others will bid before giving up then just in case someone bumps up again you won't be stuck with the item.

Well you're looking at it wrongly then. It's about amending YOUR PROXY BID, aka your maximum bid. Not bids you already made.

There is nothing evil about this. Why do you persist in misinterpreting what's already been written?

It's not about wanting to see how high others will bid, you can do that by not bidding at all and just watching the item.

Or did you mean wanting to see what another bidder's maximum is? Yes, you could use this method to outbid them, but then revise your proxy max to the level of your own current bid. That would leave you with a high probability of winning the item if others don't come along and bid further. Just how does that benefit you?

[astral276]

Trust me I have.

If you want to believe that then far be it for me to disillusion you.

This thread has amazed me as to how little so many sellers understand the proxy bidding process.

[adruml]

Okay, I'm disillusioned, thank you.

[Pink_Panther]

Okay, I'm disillusioned, thank you.

So am I!

[johnwash1]

No need to bang your head. I understand what you have been stating.
Place bid, confirm bid, wait until item gets a few more bids, then reduce max bid or even wait until close to auction end....no.

I'm not at all sure you understand what he's been stating.

If a typo was made it should be caught before other bids are made. Figure out the max you want to bid and bid it. If any fear a typo or change of heart then bid without proxy help.

On a busy auction site (ok, I admit some might feel I'm in fantasy land now, if we're restricting this to ebid) another bid might come in within seconds, or even milliseconds of the typo'd bid being made.

It isn't those who are logical enough to figure out their max and bid it, without typos or change of heart, that we're trying to help with this proposal. It's about making the site more friendly, though without subverting the basic fundamentals of an auction site. Maybe you have trouble understanding that because you're an experienced clued-up user and have difficulty empathising with a beginner.

I've even had a sale to someone with severe mental problems, who liked to buy small things to assert her independence, and I was quietly asked by her fiancee to be patient during some little difficulty. It all came good in the end. I mention it as an example of the diversity that you need to consider.

What's next? Gee I meant to put a buy it now of $100.00 but I typed in $10.00 and it sold, we need to cancel the sale.

No. Throwing up a daft utterly different proposal as a way of arguing against the current proposal is unworthy of you. I'm sure that rhetorical device has a name, but it escapes me for the moment. It's the kind of thing I expect from politicians, not thinking people.

[crafters_corner]

This thread has amazed me as to how little so many sellers understand the proxy bidding process.

I'm not terribly savvy about these things, but as far as I am aware, a proxy bid is the way I often bid on the other side: i.e. I place the maximum I am prepared to pay; it will then go up in increments. This means I will frequently win an item for far less than my 'proxy' bid. Therefore, there is usually no need to change my maximum bid. But should I feel the need it is easily done.

Have I understood that correctly?

I usually use a BIN for anything I wish to buy on eBid, but assumed it would work the same way on here.

Please don't shout if I am making an idiot of myself - explain nicely for me and all the other numpties.

[astral276]

Please don't shout if I am making an idiot of myself - explain nicely for me and all the other numpties.

http://mootango.webspace.virginmedia...idkb.htm#a0050

[crafters_corner]

Thank you, Mel. I think I understood that far but wasn't aware that a maximum bid couldn't be reduced. Probably because I had never used the facility.

[adruml]

I'm not a politician but I assume everyone believes it's okay to have someone outbid a max bid of $100 when the max bid meant was $10.