one-upmanship against myself | Community Mentor Help

juco7828 · 2026-04-17T12:02:07.111000Z

Hello, I had placed a max bid of €5.53 on an item, another bidder placed €5.50, so I then increased my max bid to €6.03, and I finally won the auction at €6 even though no one else bid after €5.50. Why didn’t I win the auction at €5.50 or €5.51, since if I hadn’t changed my max offer from 5.53 to 6.03 I would have won at 5.50 or 5.51 ??? (I’m not going to cry over €0.50, it’s ridiculous and in any case I was ready to pay €6.03, but in principle, I’d like to understand what happened so I can better adjust my bids next time, especially if it’s for more expensive items) I contacted customer service, useless advisor, after 10 minutes of conversation to manage to find the item in question the call dropped and I didn’t get my answer. Thanks in advance for your replies.

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