Item sold for less than max bid

Hi everyone,

I have just lost an item but don't know why. 

 

I put in a maximum bid of £550 with 40 seconds left to go. The auction ran to the end and the item sold for £441 to someone else. 

 

Have I missed a step or something? 

Is there anything I can do about it? 

 

I have a screenshot of the listing with my bid. But having searched for the item within the 'Sold' filter, it isn't there. 

 

Thanks for any help. 

 

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plpmr
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Without more information one can only guess thast as you have not used your account for a very long time it might be inactive.

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papso22
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Can you post the screenshot?

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 I couldn't upload it in my initial post. But here it is. 

 

This is all the info I have. The listing doesn't have appear under the 'sold' filter. 

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Ive been using it regularly for the last few months. I bought a van the other week. 

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You can find the bike if you look at 'completed listings' rather than 'sold'.

The bid history shows 2 bids from you - these are anonymous but there is a bidder with a feedback of 4 which I assume is you - of 411 and 441 at 09.24.37.

It looks as if your final, higher bid simply did not register.

The seller may well relist the bike.

It had a reserve on which was not met and it didn't sell.

The link shows the bid history.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bfl/viewbids/276693497012?item=276693497012&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m145235.l2...

 

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Thanks for that. I didn't see the completed listings toggle. 

 

The listing didn't show anything about a reserve. Never mind. 

 

That would explain it then. 

Thanks man

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