Question about the order of bids and highest bidder

Question

Good morning community,Yesterday I sold a defective bowl (also marked as such). I wanted to see what the market would pay for it - well, I can live with 24 euros. Then I looked to see who had bid and who the highest bidder was. Let’s call them Bidder A and B. I also marked that in the screenshot. Bidder A first had his highest bid at 23 euros - then Bidder B came in shortly before the end, 23.50 euros. In the end, Bidder A was at the top with 24 euros (from my point of view the highest bidder) a...

hasjana · Accepted Answer

@lidor3073

the view in the app is unusable

the buyer is the 149 one - he bid the 24 euros on 8 Sep 2026 at 20:14:47

the 1400 one only bid the 24 euros at 20:39:36 CEST, so the 149 one got the sale

https://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/407179113497?item=407179113497&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m145235.l2565

lidor3073 · Answer

Thanks for your answers, @hasjana and @stubenkram I’d be happy to mark both answers as the solution. But you can only do that with one.

stubenkram · Answer

Hello @lidor3073

If two bidders place bids of the same amount, the bid that was placed first counts. The display in your screenshot is not correct, or rather, it is misleading.

https://www.ebay.de/bfl/viewbids/407179113497?item=407179113497&rt=nc&_trksid=p4429486.m145235.l2565

Bidder B bid earlier:

7***9Feedback score (146)

EUR 24.00

8 Sep 2026, 20:14:47 CEST

Bidder A later:

1***7Feedback score (1400)

EUR 24.00

8 Sep 2026, 20:39:36 CEST

Assuming Bidder B had bid 28 euros instead of 24 euros, for example, he would have won the auction with 24.50 euros.