[ARC5] Well OT - bidding on eBay

[D C _Mac_ Macdonald]

Probably a "snipe" bid at your $26AU bid.  Since you had the $30 bid, 
that overtook the $26 bid.  
 
I would have to look at the actual auction to make a better analysis. 
 
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> From: vk2bcu at operamail.com
> To: arc5 at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sat, 23 Jan 2016 20:40:32 +1100
> Subject: [ARC5] Well OT - bidding on eBay
> 
> Hello All,
> I bid on an item at "that place", and for a short time before the end of
> bidding I was ahead.
> When bidding closed, I was still ahead, and the internet/eBay/my PC
> announced "You won" at $26.oo
> 
> I had 4 dollars "margin" in my bid when I read the announcement.
> 
> A short time later, I was surprised to see some-one had bid EXACTLY my
> top figure 2 seconds before the end of the auction.
> There is a record (in "see bidding") of my bid for $26.00, but now the
> FINAL bid went up to $30.00
> 
> The amount of money involved is small - $4.00 (and that's Aussie
> dollars, not US dollars, so it's less in US currency).
> However, I want to understand the process whereby the hammer can fall,
> and the auctioneer can say, "Sir, to you at $26.00" and then (later)
> discover it's "to me" but at an additional cost.
> I don't see how software can work like that!
> 
> Has anyone else here had that experience?'
> What is going on here?:
> 
> 
>  
>    73 de Les Smith
>    vk2bcu at operamail.com
> 
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