Accidental over-bidding stories

[GasHouseGang]

For me it was some Kobe signed cards with uniform swatches. I decided I wanted one that was limited to 25 each, and there were 3 auctions for similar cards all closing on ebay the same night. So I put in snipes on all 3. Well the night of the auction something happened to the snipe website. When I checked the website didn't show that I had won the first card, so I let the next item close, and it still didn't show I had won, so I let the last one close. Next thing I know, I had won all 3! Well, I wasn't happy about it, but I paid all three since it was my fault. Well, my fault and the snipe website.

[steve B]

I've over paid for stuff I didn't know enough about, but usually not by much and I can't recall going so far over that I was really unhappy or put in a tight spot because of it.

I did have a sort of one as a seller. When I was starting on Ebay I had a guy buy a few really cheap cards. Maybe 4-5 cards at $2 each. (Before I figured out how much of that I lost in fees even before Paypal) After a few days I get an email claiming to be the guys girlfriend and that he'd just started and didn't really understand Ebay. So he'd browsed cards and a few other things and bid on a LOT of cheap items figuring he wouldn't win them. And that he'd won so many he owed way more than he made in a couple months.
Checked his bid history............yep, bid on 1000+ items on the same day, maybe one that was more than $5 total had to be around $2K.
So I told them that we all make mistakes, and just pay whenever they can. Oddly, I got paid in about a week, and got some nice feedback (back when I actually cared and it was exciting to see the number go over ten, then over 25 :-) )
I have a feeling the people that gave him a hard time ended up with a long wait.

Steve B

[dabigyankeeman]

This is just about a very small amount, but it fits the category.

I saw many many years ago a NY Giants football team set on Ebay, at the time it was worth maybe 3 - 4 bucks at best, and decided i really wanted it, didnt see any others up at the time, so i bid like $28 figuring i would outbid anyone who bid a little high like 5 or 6 bucks. Well someone else apparently had the same idea, he must have bid about 24 bucks, so i won it for like $24.50, man i was NOT happy but realized i did it to myself.