Confused over an eBay bid

[no golf clubs at all]

Guys being snowbound today I decided to get on line and have a look around, I have been interested in getting a new dab radio a pure evoke 3.

Anyhoo I found one on eBay .... It's current price was £29. I decided to put a bid in and stated my max bid as £64.64, the auction immediately came back to show that i was outbid and that the new price was £34! I was not expecting that to be the case, when I have been outbid before the price comes back and shows the price above my maximum bid amount.

What's going on? It only allows me to increase my offer but the current price goes nowhere near my maximum...

[no golf clubs at all]

No one?
 

[Snoopy]

I guess no one has answered for the same reason i did not. As we all have no clue what the hell happened 

[gti265]

sounds very strange for ebay, ring there contact line, they are very helpfull and can look at bids and stuff you have made

[no golf clubs at all]

Is my description of the issue not clear?

When you normally bid on an item you put in the maximum amount you are willing to pay.  

If you are the highest bidder you get a message saying you are in the lead. If not then you get outbid.

In that case, if you're outbid then the current price would normally be above your maximum bid amount. In that situation you can increase your max bid if you want.

What's happening on this auction is I have a max bid greater than the current price yet I'm outbid.  

[no golf clubs at all]

sounds very strange for ebay, ring there contact line, they are very helpfull and can look at bids and stuff you have made

Cheers may do. I didn't realise there was a phone line. Just thought itd be email and take days to respond. 

[gti265]

there used to be a phone line its been replaced with a thing like instant messanger, you go through menus asking why you want to talk to them, then you get to talk online with a real person.

[Snoopy]

Is my description of the issue not clear?

When you normally bid on an item you put in the maximum amount you are willing to pay.  

If you are the highest bidder you get a message saying you are in the lead. If not then you get outbid.

In that case, if you're outbid then the current price would normally be above your maximum bid amount. In that situation you can increase your max bid if you want.

What's happening on this auction is I have a max bid greater than the current price yet I'm outbid.  

Its clear and was when i posted. Just im guessing everyone is thinking the same as you what the hell happened its not suppose to work like that.

[no golf clubs at all]

eBay contacted me, they reckon it's a glitch in the iPhone app. Apparently I am the high bidder now, yet I got a response from the app saying I had been outbid. Sok if I log onto the full site, even via iPad but not via either iPad or iPhone app..go figure...so, now at least we know 

[Snoopy]

Must remember this