huntsman53

Well C.T. Folks, if things weren't bad enough at times with eBay issues, your going to love hearing this! I am posting this information since you may fall a victim to this while bidding on coins, other collectibles or just about anything that you want but someone else wants it even more.

Today I tried to bid on a slightly used Ipod Nano with lots of accessories for my daughter's Birthday! The bid price ($70) was the same as the opening price right up until the last 60 seconds of the Auction. I placed a bid of $110.97 as I was almost certain that I would outbid any last minute bidders for it and I had lost out on two in the previous two days. I got the "Confirm" page and button as always and with about 32 seconds left on the Auction, I clicked on the button to confirm. Well, there was about a 3 1/2" by 3 1/2" screen popped saying that it was loading with a time (clock) Rose in the middle that was spinning clockwise. The screen stayed on my PC screen through the remainder of the Auction and about 5 seconds after the end it totally cleared. I hit the back arrow on the browser to find that my bid never went through and the item sold for the same opening bid. I was really miffed to say the least because I spent many hours checking out the Auctions for the right Ipod Nano, taking into consideration, the Seller's Feedback rating, Feedback and what came with the item as well as babysitting the Auction until the end. I have only had the same thing happen a couple of other times and never really though much of it until today and surmised that this had to be some for of Bid Blocking (hijacking) Software. I reported this infraction to the Seller, to eBay's Research and Enforcement Division and to an eBay Customer Rep. via phone. They are checking into it and I hope they find and nail the B$#**&%%!!!!!! If you get hijacked in the same manner while bidding on an item on eBay, please report it.


Frank