Why would a seller continue to put auction after auction up like this if he did not want to sell?īid increments are part of the eBay auction process, you have to bid at least one bid increment above the current auction price (if there is already at least one bid) otherwise eBay will not accept your bid. I have not seen this kind of thing befor but I think it is a way to force higher prices or eliminate sniping. The auction prior to this one said the same thing but another person won that auction. I am getting that I won and then all of a sudden it changes and states Bid under asking price ebay increment not met. It seems to me that a buyer can come in and bid 2 or 3 cents over the increment and throw the entire system off kilter. Now that they are using this bid increment thing I can not figure out what I would need to bid to give them the exact amount required just over the highest bid. It seems to be $7.00 for the items or there about. I calculated what I would need to bid to allow for the exact next highest bid after my top ammount. I looked on the auction and saw the increments seemed to be in. So many of the Chinese sellers seem to be using this to extort more than the actual hign bid.

Is there an easy way to figure out how much more I have to bid over my maximum to the next highest to make sure you win the auction. I am just now running into the bid increment thing. Posted: Sat 6:54 pm Post subject: bid increments By clicking on 'Log in Now' you agree to terms of usage.

Does jbidwatcher work