AH Buyout glitch? (in General)


Trashcan January 30 2007 2:07 PM EST

I dunno if glitch was the right word, but there seems to be a slight problem with the BIN function of an SC I bid on. SC +14 is the one I was bidding on, being sold by Johnnywas. I had the min bid around 10 AM this morning, but hit the BIN button about 10 minutes ago. My internet was cutting out around this time intermittently, so I thought that was the problem, but loading the page back up showed I had a bid of 450k, with the buyout being the same price. 2 Other people have placed bids of the same price, but it just shows us with the same bid and no one (hopefully me) has won. Thanks!

QBJohnnywas January 30 2007 2:24 PM EST

I broke the auctions!!!

TheHatchetman January 30 2007 2:36 PM EST

do i hear 460k, anybody? >:)

smallpau1 - Go Blues [Lower My Fees] January 30 2007 2:54 PM EST

haha, thats funny, i want to hit buy now, just to see what happens, =P

QBJohnnywas January 30 2007 3:14 PM EST

Somebody else has. There's now four bids at the buy now price. ;)

QBJohnnywas January 30 2007 3:15 PM EST

On my 'My Auctions' page Trashcan is showing as the winning bid.

TheHatchetman January 30 2007 3:18 PM EST

Trashcan, you have the earliest bid, and therefore, the winning one. You will get the SC, the money will be refunded to the others, this has happened to a few people before.

Nerevas January 30 2007 4:33 PM EST

I didn't actually lose any money (I don't think). It gave me the same message you get when someone already has a max bid set above whatever bid you just made.

Daz January 30 2007 9:10 PM EST

The same thing happened to me yesterday when I hit the BIN on an MCM that had 6 hours left. I bid on it, then decided I wanted it NOW, so used the BIN, and then had to wait 6 hours to get it. It also said that bidding was disabled. I had just presumed it was a change I was not aware of.

Daz January 30 2007 9:15 PM EST

It was
http://www.carnageblender.com/gc/view-one.tcl?classified_ad_id=83897

AdminJonathan January 30 2007 11:38 PM EST

Apparently there is a bug when you bid on an auction, then BIN later... I'll try to fix it tonight or tomorrow.

Sir Woot January 30 2007 11:48 PM EST

Jon - is that a bug or an undocumented feature? ;)

AdminJonathan January 31 2007 5:44 PM EST

should be fixed now

Tezmac January 31 2007 5:54 PM EST

...waiting for a fixed better... :O)
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