 Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 1:44 am Post subject: |
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| The Gixen snipe amount has always been the maximum amount that you are prepared to bid on the item.
That remains the case with items that you buy from private sellers in the UK, and now includes the amount that they charge you as a buyer. This is is exactly the same as when you place a bid manually via the site. It's actually ebay that takes off the buyers premium in order to show a lower bid amount than was actually entered by the potential buyer. |
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| Posted: Fri May 02, 2025 12:41 am Post subject: Re: Bid Increments |
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For UK items now there are buyer protection fees, in addition to eBay increments. Bid increment in that price range is ?GBP 10, and buyer protection fee is around ?GBP 17 (4% up to ?GBP 300 and 2% for the amount above ?GBP 300). This is why you lost. See the following: https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/selling/selling/pricing-items/buyer-protection-information-sellers?id=5595 https://www.ebay.co.uk/help/buying/bidding/automatic-bidding?id=4014 |
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| Posted: Thu May 01, 2025 4:43 am Post subject: Bid Increments |
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| I'm annoyed that I've lost out on bidding for an iPhone. My maximum bid entered in Gixen was ?GBP 341. It sold for ?GBP 320. Ebay's buyer fees added ?GBP 13.12 making ?GBP 333.12. Did Gixen actually submit my bid, or did it wrongly think it included buyer's fees and wasn't enough of an increment?
(Ebay item no. 156923781433) |
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| Posted: Thu Feb 10, 2022 5:56 am Post subject: |
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| Another argument that has been discussed many times before.
My take on this has always been, and remains, if you want that option you are not currently entering snipes at the true maximum you are prepared to pay. |
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| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 12:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Agreed, this would be a most welcome addition! | |
| Posted: Wed Feb 09, 2022 6:51 am Post subject: Outbid by less than bid increment |
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| An interesting option for automatic bidding would be - in auctions where one is outbid by less than the bid increment, another automatic bid is placed, to give a second chance of winning the auction.
I have lost a few auctions by less than the bid increment and would have chosen the option of having a 2nd bid placed to win the auction. An example of this option is for an item where my maximum (automatic) bid is $10. If it becomes the 2nd highest bid and the current price is between $10 and $10.49, another automatic bid is placed for the bid increment amount over the current price. |
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| Posted: Tue Feb 08, 2022 11:11 am Post subject: How does eBay bidding work? |
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| If you ever wondered why you lost when your maximum bid was equal or above the winning bid, please read the latest Gixen blog that explains how the eBay bidding process works, including some border cases, what exactly is done by Gixen, and what are eBay's own features.
https://www.gixen.com/blog/how-does-ebay-bidding-work/ |
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