Okay, so I'm old, my eyesight is fading, fingers more shaky than they used to be, phone screen is much smaller than the PC, and yes, I should be doing this on the PC where I can see better than on this damndable phone, but what's done is done. This morning an esteemed member posted a link to an Ebay listing that I was somewhat interested in. I don't bid often on Ebay and when I do, it's usually on a device with a much larger screen AND I'm using a mouse for better control. The other mitigating factor is that I am accustomed to MOST sites entering purchase information starting with the cents amounts and NOT relying upon the user to enter the decimal point. So I tried to enter a bid just under $10 using three digits. I clicked Enter Bid but my shaky fingers double tapped CONFIRM BID in quick succession. Now I am the winning bidder on a coin at 100x my intended bid. If someone gets funny and throws in a bid for $500, I'm still not going to get outbid. Have any of you accidentally done this? What recourse do you think I have? It's early in the listing and I wrote to the seller both here and on Ebay explaining my mistake and that I would reenter my bid correctly. Any other advice? Z
I once bid on a coin in an auction being held on the other side of the world. It was in the early hours and I was in bed, so I was bidding using my phone. I won the bid, shut down my phone and went to sleep. When I woke in the morning, I found I'd somehow accidentally bid on the next coin in the auction too. No idea how. Anyway, I had won that too. Luckily, it was only a Victorian sixpence, and not a Crown of the Rose.
It's all good, problem solved. But it was sphincter tightening for a while there this morning. It would be good to hear if this has happened to anyone else? My financial stuff usually starts entering with the cent amounts. I am used to entering 850 and it ending up being $8.50. Anyone else had this happen? Z
Hi Zoid, Good thing you were not looking at that $41K Trade Dollar auction posted yesterday and let the starting bid or buy-it-now slip! (Good to hear I'm not the only old fart making flubs) Cheers, J.T.
There’s no reason to involve your card company over a charge that doesn’t exist. You’d just be waisting your time and theirs
When it comes to money, I don't leave anything to be guessed or decided by a third party. I put in the EXACT amount, decimals and all, but I too have "hit" the wrong buttons with clumsy finger, so I'm sure you are not alone.
I've done that before. Accidentally bid $2500 on a coin I meant to bid $25.00 on lol. I jumped on that retract bid real fast!
I haven’t had that happen. My worst goof was maybe 10-12 years ago. I was having a rough patch in my business and couldn’t sleep so my doctor gave me Ambien. One week after starting the stuff a box with thirty years of US mint sets arrived on my porch. I don’t collect mint sets. As I cobbled the pieces of the puzzle together, it seems I saw Mike Mezack peddling coins in the middle of the night. Apparently I was lucid enough to get my credit card, find the website and fill in all the pertinent information and purchased the blasted things. Not one inkling of a memory exists in my brain. Thank goodness he wasn’t selling rolls of double eagles or something! I never took Ambien again.
Likely more nursing staff have lost their job because of Ambien (Zolpidem) than alcohol or other medication. And if it taken along with alcohol you have extreme sleep walking characteristics. But most doctors prescribed it readily for medical personnel because they feel they are responsible as to use. Jim
A few years back there was an item I wanted. There were 2 up for auction. Since both ended while I was working I put a bid on both of them, I used a snipe service. They ended on different days. I won the first one, which was about $400.00. I forgot about the other one. It turns out, I won that item too. That was over $800.00. I payed for it and still have both of them to this day. As for the OP. That's what's called a nuclear bid. Usually people do this if they really, really want an item. I've done it to an extent a few times. But nothing truly insane, like $500,000 for an item going for $50.00. I won the items I put the nuclear bid on. Fortunately, I paid the going price for it.
I think a lot of us have done that before. I know I have. You can retract and re-bid with the correct amount. The seller should understand.
lol. Your good man thousands of people have made the same mistake and that is why they have the retract options in place. I can just imagine how you felt though until you got it figured out!
It happened to me once. It was a piece I really liked, and somewhat scarce, and I hadn't bought anything for a while, so I just left it and figured it would be mine. I'm not giving out numbers, but someone threw out a bid that shocks me to this day. Lesson learned.
Several years ago when I was selling minor foreign coins on Ebay, I receive a bid retraction notice. The bidder had bid $3817.00 and changed it to $38.17 and thus I knew his highest bid.
