Lost sales without bidding wars in the timing | Community Mentor Help

renaio2012 · 2025-10-30T17:57:01.662000Z

I wanted to ask you a question regarding the sale of a painting for which I became the winning bidder yesterday, October 29 (no reserve price). IThere were no further bids until the very last second, and the screenshot shows that I had won the sale. Yet a few minutes later, a new message told me there had been a higher bid...which was not the case until the very last second, since I had won it. I wanted to know by what mechanism this could be possible? It should be noted that this site functions mainly on trust between buyer and seller, but also and above all on the unquestionable nature of auctions...Yet this is the second time in 2 weeks. There won't be a third time because if one gets the feeling that sales can be random (I'm not saying rigged) that takes away all interest in an auction.

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