Malcolm Schweizer
11-06-2014, 12:42 AM
I have had this happen three times now. Twice I won and then got outbid AFTER the item closed. Once I won but after winning the price went up two minutes later.
I GOT THE GREEN BAR AT THE TOP EACH TIME SAYING "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON THE ITEM!"
I know all about sniping at the last second. That is how I bid. So I am well aware you can be outbid at the last second, but this goes beyond that. It said in green, "Congratulations, you won the item." I went to pay, but the "pay now" button did not appear. I reload. Same thing- still says I won. I close and reopen the app; Still won, same price, no pay button. Suddenly it either says I did not win, or I still won, but the price went up- in this most recent case it jumped from $70 to $171. Ack!!! In this case there was at least two minutes that it said I won. I reloaded, logged out and in, STILL said I won for $70. Then it suddenly said $171. I had a max bid of $180 so this time I still won. In two other cases it went from "congratulations, you won" in green at the top to "sorry, you did not win" in Orange at the top. Clearly somewhere out there it is still taking bids even though it says I won, then it changes from won to didn't win or increases the winning bid. That's a big problem!
I reported to eBay. Am I alone in this problem? It happened on both iPhone and iPad app.
I GOT THE GREEN BAR AT THE TOP EACH TIME SAYING "CONGRATULATIONS, YOU WON THE ITEM!"
I know all about sniping at the last second. That is how I bid. So I am well aware you can be outbid at the last second, but this goes beyond that. It said in green, "Congratulations, you won the item." I went to pay, but the "pay now" button did not appear. I reload. Same thing- still says I won. I close and reopen the app; Still won, same price, no pay button. Suddenly it either says I did not win, or I still won, but the price went up- in this most recent case it jumped from $70 to $171. Ack!!! In this case there was at least two minutes that it said I won. I reloaded, logged out and in, STILL said I won for $70. Then it suddenly said $171. I had a max bid of $180 so this time I still won. In two other cases it went from "congratulations, you won" in green at the top to "sorry, you did not win" in Orange at the top. Clearly somewhere out there it is still taking bids even though it says I won, then it changes from won to didn't win or increases the winning bid. That's a big problem!
I reported to eBay. Am I alone in this problem? It happened on both iPhone and iPad app.