E-bay bids

[Belle0101]

I read this on another where it was in detail about getting credit for your bids. I'm thinking maybe it is the same at all sites (including CR). In order to get credit for your bid you MUST be the high bidder when your bid is placed. In other words, say I find something I really want and I bid $5.00 on it. If the bid confirmation page says "Sorry, you've been outbid..." then I won't get credit. That happens when another bidder uses E-bay's automatic bid feature. Now if I bid my $5.00 and it says "Congratulations..." then I will get credit for my bid. Make sense? You have to be a SUCCESSFUL bidder. I think this may explain why you get "shorted" points, which you really weren't shorted because you weren't a successful bidder. It doesn't mean however, that you have to win the auction, just at one point be successful.

Having explained that, please understand that I only bid on items I really want. I rarely win though because things usually go for way more than I am willing to pay. For example, I was the high bidder on a collectible the other day that ended up going for 3 x's times what I was willing to pay for it. That's not to say it was or wasn't really worth that price in the open market, just that for me personally it wasn't. Lots of times what keeps me from winning is factoring in the shipping, handling, packaging, insurance and whatever else. I've been an E-bay bidder before I started reward programs and will still be after the reward programs. I have won a few things at really great prices and that's a win situation for everybody!

Good luck with your E-bay bids and I hope this helps to clear up at least why in some situations points credited seemed to be low.

~~Belle~~

 

[babygarrettsmom]

Actually, the information you received is incorrect. (At least partly). For CR, you DO get credit for the bids that come back "Sorry, you have been outbid". For PrimaRewards I have no clue - I only got credit for 30 out of 245 bids the other day so I'm quitting them. For CttM, I haven't gotten credit for a whole days worth from last week, so I'm going to wait 'til they get the daily pending info before I try them again. But, as far as CR goes, I usually get credit for all bids within just a couple of my total. They are great!

For the other two programs I mentioned, I am NOT accusing them of wrong doing - it is something I am doing wrong. PrimaRewards is too much trouble to figure out since they don't have a bar at the top of the window, but I will be going back to CttM and figure out what I did wrong just as soon as Bonnie gets the pending thing ready.

Michele