Confused about ebay

[colray]

Sometimes I just don't understand ebay...This is not the first time..

Last week I bid on an Jupiter lens for a long time my bid was the highest at $45but was out bid so I thought make another bid near the close this I did but ebay went slow and I got the message I had been outbid the item sold for $65 my bid was also $65 .. okay I realize the first bid wins.........now what I don't understand is just under 2 days later the lens has been re-listed.

Just a few week back I bid on a camera same result.. this time I did contact the seller and was told it hadn't' been paid for so it was re-listed.. but with this seller there was a twist the highest bidder also bid on the new listing..

[daveh]

Who knows? As the saying goes "it beats the sh1t out of me".

[nikkortorokkor]

As a vendor and buyer, I like our local NZ online auction house "Trademe" because of two features:
1, I can autobid really easily. This function pops out during the bidding process (via a big, autobid tick box). This is great for preventing "auction fever". I usually pick what I am willing to pay, put that in as an autobid, and forget about the Auction until notified that I've won or lost.

2) Every auction auto extends for three minutes after the last bid. Thus, no sniping and an auction which behaves like a "real" flesh and blood auction. Auto extend isn't just an option, every Trademe auction works this way.
By comparison, I find the sniping and other vagaries of Ebay quite odd and counter-productive for both vendor and buyer.

MT.