bid increment question

Hello I would like the experts here to comment if I were to place a bid simultaneously with another bidder @ the end of an auction (snipping) with my bid being higher but not by the increment amount, who win? Thanks PF|||It depends on the current bid showing, that is the only amount you have to beat by a full increment. Say the current amount is $5.00, you bid $7.05 and another person bids $7.00, you'd win because your $7.05 beat the current amount showing by a full increment.|||I always toss in some odd change to make it harder for that to happen like the scenario above. {orange_peel_6} I think op is looking to find out about 2 bidders same amount same time. I'm kind of new myself and have not seen a thread with an answer. Would you be so kind as to elaborate for us. I figured if they break it down further say to the millisecond or more. I really don't know how far ebay breaks sec. down to. This would lessen the odds of an actual tie happening due to chances of tie (simultaneous time and bid amount) . Thanks|||Highest bid wins, even if it's only by a penny. If there is a tie, whoever bid first wins, even if it's only by a nanosecond.friends Director,||||||with, Check out all about bidding in the A-Z help index. Here is the Link A buyer can win by a penny, even if it is not a full increment from the last bid. The highest bid does win!~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ I did not sell you my opinion|||I believe once a bid is recorded with ebay you have to have bid a full increment above that for your bid to even count. Example~~last seconds of auction someone bids $7.50 and it is recorded as the high bid. You have entered a bid of $7.60 but it comes in after the $7.50 is recorded as the high bid~~you haven't bid a full increment above that $7.50 so your bid doesn't even count.|||The system won't allow you to bid less than the next increment. That's why on the bidding screen it gives you a minimum amount to bid.|||That's what I meant~~if the $7.50 bid was recorded and she bid $7.60 her bid wouldn't even register as she wouldn't have entered a bid at or above the increment required.|||I do need to clarify on the example I gave before. The $7.60 would have been a legit bid IF the other bidders $7.50 bid was a proxy bid. The only way the $7.60 bid would win is if the bidding went over $7.25~~then the 25 cent increment would have knocked out the $7.50 bid and put it into the $7.60 bidders ballpark.|||Hi: On an auction the other day I made a bid and someone else came in later and made the same bid as mine and the auction was given to him even though you can see that mine was first. Why was the second bid even allowed. This is a technique I don't understand. But it's there to see. Anyone can look up the "bids" and see mine and his are the same. The auction was given to him. Why. Jim auction number 270552389600|||Another way to say all this is: If two bids come simultaneously (for discussion), and as long as both are above the currently recorded bid in increment required, the highest of those two wins even if the higher one is not above the lower one's next required increment that would have otherwise been recorded had it otherwise beat the 2nd simultaneous bidder. The only 'disconnect' with this, is the fact these are 'recorded' to the nanosecond. In that case, it is possible that bidder 1's bid gets 'recorded' before bidder 2's bid is received, thus #2 winds up losing because it then doesn't beat the current (new #1's) bid increment.--------------------------------- Sometimes I wonder if the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on, or by imbeciles who really mean it. - - Mark Twain|||Hi: Thanks for your comment. In my case, my bid was a considerable time before the second and the second, later bid was the one given the winner status. Mine and his were both listed under "bids." I don't get it. thanks Jim|||His bid would have been recorded at the same amount as yours BUT he may have bid with a proxy amount making his bid higher than yours but getting the item for the same price you bid. If you both tied timewise for the winning bid he may have actually bid $10.00 higher than you~making him the winner. I know~~it's hard to understand.|||jrush, I answered your question on your thread. You did not bid before the other person. You in fact bid more than 12 hours later than they did. Because there name is on top doesn't mean they bid after you. Winning bids stay on top. You need to look at the time stamp next to the bid and not of the list order. List order is not the order the bids came in. tie bids go to the winner.