how i can this happan (in General)


TinTizzy March 20 2008 9:09 PM EDT

$105,000 bid by Boo Bear (FuriousHobo) on 6:45 PM EDT
$100,000 (max bid: $100,000) bid by TinTizzy (The Don) on 9:08 PM EDT
$16,488 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$14,955 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$13,565 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$12,304 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$11,160 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$10,123 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$9,182 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$8,329 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT
$7,554 bid by superhotdog (Pirma) on 7:03 PM EDT

look closely.

Little Anthony March 20 2008 9:13 PM EDT

auto bid?

AdminQBnovice [Cult of the Valaraukar] March 20 2008 9:15 PM EDT

yes the timestamps on the last two bids look odd... someone might be able to explain it...or Jon will

j'bob March 20 2008 9:23 PM EDT

looks like boo bear put in his max bid at 6:45pm of 105,00.
superdog then made each individual bid in seperate incriments up to 16,488... (click click click click).
at that time boo's bid was prolly showing just over the 16,488 mark.
tizzy then came and put in his max bid of 100k at 9:08
which bumped up boo to the next bid over that which is still under the max bid he put in at 6:45.
done and done

FuriousHobo March 20 2008 10:32 PM EDT

maybe my computer lagged??? iono but yea, i dont remember superhotdog bidding before me and i am still the winning bidder even though i bid the earliest. :)

FuriousHobo March 20 2008 10:34 PM EDT

or wait, that does make sense, what jbob said, because superhotdog most likely saw the bid just over 16k, then tintizzy bid for 100k when i already had a max bid of 105k. :)

AdminQBGentlemanLoser [{END}] March 21 2008 6:12 AM EDT

Yeah, I fell foul of this ages ago. Personally, I think it would be easier to read if the intial bid from an auto bidder would be shown as well, not just whatever they finish at.

SuperHD March 21 2008 6:25 AM EDT

J'bob you're such a genius, you explain everything so clearly its magnificient , I truly hope when you'll reach Gondor you'll be an admin or something like that because you rule dude !

colonel [penny pincher] March 21 2008 7:16 AM EDT

In short I think j'bob explains it quite well. The one point technical issue I would point out is that Boo Bear's bid at 6:45 may or may not have been at a max of $105,000. In fact it would be ironic if that were the amount. I think you would see the same result had Boo Bear's bid been any amount $105,000 or higher. We don't know Boo Bear's max.
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