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<p>[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 5000882, member: 91609"]I had the exact same thing happen to me several yrs ago, on a non-coin item. Told the seller I would pay my last "reasonable" bid (I think around $175); never heard back, so reported him. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie83" alt=":singing:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Also had the "inadvertent" bid adventure (within a month or 2 of the above episode); I saw, this time a coin, I liked, figured it would be a good capture @$40, so I put in my max @$50, & waited for it to end in 4 days. A couple of hrs before the end, I checked on it & found I had actually bid $500!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie57" alt=":jawdrop:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> Fortunately, I won it for about $35...whew! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie6" alt=":cool:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie11" alt=":rolleyes:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>These 2 circumstances, happening so close together, forced me to re-evaluate my bidding prowess, & I've been better off for it...<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie50" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="PlanoSteve, post: 5000882, member: 91609"]I had the exact same thing happen to me several yrs ago, on a non-coin item. Told the seller I would pay my last "reasonable" bid (I think around $175); never heard back, so reported him. :singing: Also had the "inadvertent" bid adventure (within a month or 2 of the above episode); I saw, this time a coin, I liked, figured it would be a good capture @$40, so I put in my max @$50, & waited for it to end in 4 days. A couple of hrs before the end, I checked on it & found I had actually bid $500!!! :jawdrop: Fortunately, I won it for about $35...whew! :cool::rolleyes: These 2 circumstances, happening so close together, forced me to re-evaluate my bidding prowess, & I've been better off for it...:happy:[/QUOTE]
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