my max bid was higher than the winning bidders yet i lost the bid, HoW?

[panpaper]

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

[john1297576]

Give item number. Many reasons why this happens to do with increments and buyer protection payments, not being taken into account.

[**peaseblossom**]

Maybe it wasn't a full increment so couldn't overtake the winning bidder's highest bid.

[red_magpie]

IS THAT POSSIBLE?

Yes, it's entirely possible - especially if you bid very close to the time when the action ends.

The reason is usually related to the timing of bids and the minimum bid increment system.

How this works is explained below. If it doesn't answer your question please let us know the auction number, or copy and paste the FULL bidding history.

[panpaper]

267392201172

[61stephenuk]

What was your maximum bid?

[red_magpie]

267392201172

At 02:09pm you were winning the auction at £16:01.

At 09:35am you were outbid by a higher bid of at least £18.67. This was sufficient to top what must have been your maximum of £17.67 by £1.00, the minimum bid increment at that price.

If you attempted to outbid this you must have either bid less than the new minimum bid of £19.67, or left your bid too late - the auction ended less than 90 seconds later. In either case your bid would not have been registered.