Problem With Bidding.....

[voldermort 11]

Just had a telephone call from a rather distressed buyer who was complaining that the maximum bid he was trying to place on a few of my items last night would not be accepted by BoB.....he initially bid on 8 items on Tuesday but last night wanted to increase his bid on the other 6 and couldn't, resulting in him only bn able to buy 2 items instead of the 8 he actually wanted.

Was there a problem on the site?

[qball 12]

No, it's due to the fact that it was a multi item auction. The bidding logic looks at who is willing to pay more for the a specific number of items available.

[voldermort 11]

No, it's due to the fact that it was a multi item auction. The bidding logic looks at who is willing to pay more for the a specific number of items available.

 

I only had one of every item on auction, they were all completely different auctions :huh: Should he then have placed the maximum amount he was willing to bid right at the start instead of waiting?

Edited November 24, 2011 by voldermort

[qball 12]

Aaaah, sorry, misunderstood. Could you give me the bidders username and items he bid on, will check for you...

[voldermort 11]

will pm you details now now

[qball 12]

Thanks, he was legitimately outbid by other bidders who had higher Auto bid limits set, his auto bid limit was set to R20 only. There auto bid limits were a lot higher. So every time he wanted to up his bid he would have been unsuccessful as they had higher auto bids set.

[voldermort 11]

Thanks, he was legitimately outbid by other bidders who had higher Auto bid limits set, his auto bid limit was set to R20 only. There auto bid limits were a lot higher. So every time he wanted to up his bid he would have been unsuccessful as they had higher auto bids set.

 

Aha thank you Cuan.

[Little Miss Muffet 93]

No, it's due to the fact that it was a multi item auction. The bidding logic looks at who is willing to pay more for the a specific number of items available.

I understand this is not the case with voldermort's query but where does this apply."Multi auction item"??

Is this when more than 1 item is available on a single auction?

[qball 12]

I understand this is not the case with voldermort's query but where does this apply."Multi auction item"??

Is this when more than 1 item is available on a single auction?

 

Yes that's correct.