1978 Ice Blue LeMans for sale

[boatdetective]

Yes, the huge jump bid was not done by computer.  It would have been a directly-made bid.  That was my point. Why would someone do that instead of setting up a programmed bid with a maximum of the higher number and let the ebay computer step the bidding up the ladder?

I am a little skeptical.

No idea what you are talking about. If the current bid is $100, you CANNOT just raise the existing price to $500 with one bid.

[swooshdave]

You can't raise the bid by any increment you want? How did it jump $3k?

[Tom]

Unless they have changed the bidding rules.  When I first used Ebay to buy through an auction, I wasn't 100% sure of what I was doing.  I reposted a bid about 3 times.  Essentially outbidding myself and posting a higher bid each time.  I finally realized that I made a mistake and withdrew from the whole process.  It didn't happen again.

[Cam3512]

What would happen if say two guys are bidding.  Tom's max bid is $12K, and Jonathan tops that with $15K max to become the high bidder at $12,100.  Then Tom says "oh yea?" and puts in a new high bid of $15K - SAME as Jonathan's.  With two bidders now with a max of $15K, would it automatically jump up to that?

[Tom]

Good question.

[canuck750]

What would happen if say two guys are bidding.  Tom's max bid is $12K, and Jonathan tops that with $15K max to become the high bidder at $12,100.  Then Tom says "oh yea?" and puts in a new high bid of $15K - SAME as Jonathan's.  With two bidders now with a max of $15K, would it automatically jump up to that?

First person to set the $15K is the winner until the second bidder places a bid greater than $15K.

[Muzz]

First person to set the $15K is the winner until the second bidder places a bid greater than $15K.

That's the way it is out here with our Trademe. You can out as high a bid on as you like as well. I have done it to try and scare off a person who obviously is more comfortable to go up in small increments, and I really want the article and I am prepared to go to X (or just under X) to get it. Sometimes works, sometimes doesn't.

Sometimes the moderators of the Trademe site have been known to step in if they think the bidder is bogus.

[leafman60]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increments.html#std


Can my bid be increased by more than the standard increment?

A bid can be increased by more than the standard increment if more than that increment is required to:

Meet the reserve amount. In reserve price auctions, we'll automatically increase the bid to meet the reserve, and bidding will continue from there. We won't exceed your current maximum bid, however.

Beat a competing bidder's high bid. We'll increase your bid to more than the incremental amount to beat another bid, up to the amount of your maximum bid.

[jumpmaster]

http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increments.html#std


Can my bid be increased by more than the standard increment?

A bid can be increased by more than the standard increment if more than that increment is required to:

Meet the reserve amount. In reserve price auctions, we'll automatically increase the bid to meet the reserve, and bidding will continue from there. We won't exceed your current maximum bid, however.

Beat a competing bidder's high bid. We'll increase your bid to more than the incremental amount to beat another bid, up to the amount of your maximum bid.

Hey!!!  No fair looking up the rules - that breaks the "Man Code" just like reading the directions before trying to assemble or fix something!

[leafman60]

There's just something fishy-looking with that auction.

[Tom]

It kind of sounds like the Eldo bobber auction thread.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

My friend Jim's sold today for $11,500 to another customer of mine. It's here now to have turn signals installed and then will be residing in Delaware. 

[swooshdave]

My friend Jim's sold today for $11,500 to another customer of mine. It's here now to have turn signals installed and then will be residing in Delaware. 

Pics? Condition?

[Cam3512]

Pics? Condition?

It's in the Swap Meet section here.

[Antietam Classic Cycle]

[blackcat]

That looks like a very fair deal on a bike that looks great and I bet it runs as well as it looks.