Ebay question

[jimjim]

Why do bidders place multiple bids on the same item that are seconds apart? Am I missing something? The item still goes to the highest bidder no matter how many bids you placed. Thanks for enlightening me!

[clutch]

They were probably increasing their proxy bid.

[packs]

Obviously I could never "prove" this theory but I think it's to intimidate prospective bidders: i.e. wow this auction has 23 bids already, I'll probably never win.

[w7imel]

As an ebay guy what you are seeing is you can preset your limit that your willing to bid up to and ebay automatically increases it in the lowest increments possible to either increase your bid...did that make sence?

[packs]

What about when items have only reached the opening bid amount but have like 20 bids from the same bidder? eBay wouldn't be doing that automatically.

[jimjim]

Originally Posted by packs

What about when items have only reached the opening bid amount but have like 20 bids from the same bidder? eBay wouldn't be doing that automatically.

This is what I am talking about. I see it all the time.