https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993694#M339775 <P>Somebody placed a higher bid than you the day before you did:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136739i28BF267CFB5F165C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:24:30 GMT *vyolla* 2026-02-04T11:24:30Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993657#M339761 <P><SPAN>Hello. I placed a bid for a console table. The auction ended and it said that I had been outbit and the amount was 4.58 while my bid was 5 pounds. How is it that I was outbid?</SPAN></P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:39:46 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993657#M339761 lo_472228 2026-02-04T10:39:46Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993659#M339763 <P>It would help if you showed the bidding, or gave item number.</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 10:42:44 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993659#M339763 john1297576 2026-02-04T10:42:44Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993675#M339767 <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot_20260204_091259_eBay.jpg" style="width: 1080px;"><img src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136737i1C1FA08A4521B0A5/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot_20260204_091259_eBay.jpg" alt="Screenshot_20260204_091259_eBay.jpg" /></span></P><P> </P><P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Screenshot_20260204_091122_eBay.jpg" style="width: 1080px;"><img src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136738iE60BAA4FFB92AFEB/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot_20260204_091122_eBay.jpg" alt="Screenshot_20260204_091122_eBay.jpg" /></span></P><P>Here are the screenshots</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:06:35 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993675#M339767 lo_472228 2026-02-04T11:06:35Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993684#M339770 <P>I wonder if the max bid they're showing is minus the buyer protection fee, whereas yours is including it.&nbsp; eBay sometimes does stuff like that.</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:17:23 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993684#M339770 **peaseblossom** 2026-02-04T11:17:23Z https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993694#M339775 <P>Somebody placed a higher bid than you the day before you did:</P> <P>&nbsp;</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center" image-alt="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/136739i28BF267CFB5F165C/image-size/medium?v=v2&amp;px=400" role="button" title="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" alt="Screenshot 2026-02-04 at 11.24.04.png" /></span></P> <P>&nbsp;</P> Wed, 04 Feb 2026 11:24:30 GMT https://community.ebay.co.uk/t5/Member-To-Member-Support/Auction-confusion/m-p/7993694#M339775 *vyolla* 2026-02-04T11:24:30Z