Have you ever placed a fat finger bid?

[yiguiri2002]

Originally Posted by xavieronly1

1) Put in your max bid
2) Click "Review"
3) Click "Place Bid"

It is impossible to get "fat finger" 3 times in a row.

Also, $201 is 3 digit. It requires 3 tabs. You had to tab "2" first. Then move down to "0". Then move back up to "1". It is not like you click "5" instead of "2" and ends up with $51.

I was gonna say perhaps he was using a ten keypad but then noticed it was on his iPhone. Maybe he's just clumsy, I know I am and I have similar things happen to me.

Just pay it up. It sucks that you're overpaying but it is what it is. I think if you don't retract within the first 30 seconds, the odds of it being a mistake are quite low - and sellers know that. Don't risk the hit on your name for 30 bucks.

[cshelb34687]

Originally Posted by LeonfromNC

Was planning to bid on an auction on my iPhone at the last second and it was up to $19.00. My finger slipped while I was typing in my last second bid at $21.00 and instead it typed in $201.00

So the auction ended with me being the winner at $52.00 and needless to say I'm pissed because i only meant to bid $21.00.

So I reached out to the seller immediately and explained my goof up. Am I wrong to request the seller to cancel the auction or do I just suck it up and overpay what I wanted to pay by $31.00?

I know the usually suspects will come in here and troll me, but honestly I want unbiased opinions here.

It is a very honest mistake and eBay has a policy in place to be able to retract the bid.

[cshelb34687]

Originally Posted by SteveO21

Exactly this.

I also don't understand "accidental bids" considering after you type in your amount then have to click on "confirm bid."

See your point, however, it was a last second bid. You are trying to put in the bid as fast as possible. I love using Gixen to snipe cards. It is safe and it works 99% of the time.

[LeonfromNC]

I messaged the seller immediately after my goof up and he replied back shortly thereafter saying that he understood and that it was no problem. He offered a second chance to the next bidder. Either way, for those who said suck it up and pay, my intention was to pay all along if he didn't want to work something out with me. I think some of you got it all wrong, thinking I was just trying to get out of paying for an honest mistake. Honestly, as a seller I've made exceptions on a monthly sometimes weekly basis for people who just don't want to pay for their winning bids. It happens all the time.

[6celtics33]

Originally Posted by LeonfromNC

I messaged the seller immediately after my goof up and he replied back shortly thereafter saying that he understood and that it was no problem. He offered a second chance to the next bidder. Either way, for those who said suck it up and pay, my intention was to pay all along if he didn't want to work something out with me. I think some of you got it all wrong, thinking I was just trying to get out of paying for an honest mistake. Honestly, as a seller I've made exceptions on a monthly sometimes weekly basis for people who just don't want to pay for their winning bids. It happens all the time.

Sounds like you know how aggravating that is then. Happening all the time doesn't make it right. You asked for opinions.

[LeonfromNC]

Originally Posted by 6celtics33

Sounds like you know how aggravating that is then. Happening all the time doesn't make it right. You asked for opinions.

Where did I say that it was right? I appreciate your opinion. It was a honest mistake. If the seller didn't want to work with me, then I would have no problem paying. My original question was if anyone had every made the same mistake as I did and placed an incorrect bid (extra digit or two).

[SteveO21]

Originally Posted by cshelb34687

See your point, however, it was a last second bid. You are trying to put in the bid as fast as possible. I love using Gixen to snipe cards. It is safe and it works 99% of the time.

I'm with you there. I almost exclusively use gixen for auction style listings. It completely eliminates the risk associated with last minute bids getting "fat fingered". Also saves me a lot of money because I'm not tempted to keep bumping my "max" bid.

[6celtics33]

Originally Posted by LeonfromNC

Where did I say that it was right? I appreciate your opinion. It was a honest mistake. If the seller didn't want to work with me, then I would have no problem paying. My original question was if anyone had every made the same mistake as I did and placed an incorrect bid (extra digit or two).

You didn't. I was adding that when you said it happens a lot.

[the27guy]

I had this happen to me once.... I was making a best offer on a Carmelo Anthony Base Eminence Platinum 1/1. Seller had it BIN for two of three hundred. I meant to put in an offer of some percentage of that, and my phone slipped out of my hand, and not only did I hit a couple numbers but somehow I managed to hit the submit button. It was absolutely incredible. I NEVER would have believed it if it hadn't happened to me. Unbelievable.

The worst part was that the seller had an auto accept on the card, and not shockingly (since I had "offered like 3x what the BIN was, he accepted.

I made a thread when it happened but I can't find it now.

[SteveO21]

Originally Posted by the27guy

I had this happen to me once.... I was making a best offer on a Carmelo Anthony Base Eminence Platinum 1/1. Seller had it BIN for two of three hundred. I meant to put in an offer of some percentage of that, and my phone slipped out of my hand, and not only did I hit a couple numbers but somehow I managed to hit the submit button. It was absolutely incredible. I NEVER would have believed it if it hadn't happened to me. Unbelievable.

The worst part was that the seller had an auto accept on the card, and not shockingly (since I had "offered like 3x what the BIN was, he accepted.

I made a thread when it happened but I can't find it now.

I didn't even know it was possible, on eBay, to offer more than what the BIN price is. Has it always been like that?

[cshelb34687]

Originally Posted by SteveO21

I'm with you there. I almost exclusively use gixen for auction style listings. It completely eliminates the risk associated with last minute bids getting "fat fingered". Also saves me a lot of money because I'm not tempted to keep bumping my "max" bid.

Exactly!


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[the27guy]

Originally Posted by SteveO21

I didn't even know it was possible, on eBay, to offer more than what the BIN price is. Has it always been like that?

I have no idea.... I'm sure the seller knew something was up when I "offered him several hundred dollars more than he was asking though. Lol.

I just found it....

I offered $1251 for this which was auto-accepted.

Carmelo Anthony 2015 Eminence Basketball Auto #1/1 | eBay

You can't see it on the link.... you just see the $500. But in my email, I see the invoice for $1251. I meant to offer $125 when the phone slipped I hit a 1, and then grabbed the phone and SOMEHOW hit submit twice. Truly incredible.

[richezOne]

Honestly if I was the seller.. I would have canceled your transaction too.
Mistakes happen i guess...
But I rather not force someone to pay for something they dont want.. even if it was a 'Fat fingered' bid.. All it does is sets up another step for the buyer to file a return on paypal/ebay,.. And then having to go thru the motion of shipping back and forth thru the mailing system...
and you guys know how usps be like sometimes losing and damaging packages..

Our protection from ebay and paypal as sellers are already shitty as it is.. So Id just chalk it up as a loss and move on.

[mc1]

Yes, but I was able to retract it because the auction did not end soon. It happened really quick, I was not paying attention and clicked quickly too many times.

[BGT Masters]

Originally Posted by SteveO21

I didn't even know it was possible, on eBay, to offer more than what the BIN price is. Has it always been like that?

Yes it is. As a seller it happened to me I believe twice. If I recall one was a Metal Russell Wilson Auto RC. For like $10-$15 over BIN. I am not sure if it is still like that but it is possible.

[gomiamigo]

Originally Posted by SteveO21

Exactly this.

I also don't understand "accidental bids" considering after you type in your amount then have to click on "confirm bid."

Fat finger trades happen on Wall St in every country for millions every day, sometimes for Billions and those make the news.

It's not hard to understand your brain may see 51 as 21 or 333.6 as 33.36

[Sanborn]

Originally Posted by the27guy

I have no idea.... I'm sure the seller knew something was up when I "offered him several hundred dollars more than he was asking though. Lol.

I just found it....

I offered $1251 for this which was auto-accepted.

Carmelo Anthony 2015 Eminence Basketball Auto #1/1 | eBay

You can't see it on the link.... you just see the $500. But in my email, I see the invoice for $1251. I meant to offer $125 when the phone slipped I hit a 1, and then grabbed the phone and SOMEHOW hit submit twice. Truly incredible.

What ended up happening in this situation?

[buckunteer]

Originally Posted by gomiamigo

Fat finger trades happen on Wall St in every country for millions every day, sometimes for Billions and those make the news.

It's not hard to understand your brain may see 51 as 21 or 333.6 as 33.36

It's known as dyscalculia- the number version of dyslexia. My wife has it. 2s and 5s get confused easily for her as do a couple other combinations I can't remember offhand. She's actually gotten a lot better since she became a restaurant manager and was forced to look at the numbers every day. Still gets her occasionally though so she has another manager double-check stuff before she orders 50 bottles of wine instead of 20

[the27guy]

Originally Posted by Sanborn

What ended up happening in this situation?

Lol. There you go.

I immediately contacted the seller and SINCERELY apologized and told him what happened. I mean, he wasn't exactly shocked that I had made a mistake. Lol.

[rogermaris]

Originally Posted by the27guy

I had this happen to me once.... I was making a best offer on a Carmelo Anthony Base Eminence Platinum 1/1. Seller had it BIN for two of three hundred. I meant to put in an offer of some percentage of that, and my phone slipped out of my hand, and not only did I hit a couple numbers but somehow I managed to hit the submit button. It was absolutely incredible. I NEVER would have believed it if it hadn't happened to me. Unbelievable.

The worst part was that the seller had an auto accept on the card, and not shockingly (since I had "offered like 3x what the BIN was, he accepted.

I made a thread when it happened but I can't find it now.

Same thing happened to me, except I was trying to put an offer in on two items. I ended up only putting in the offer on one, but since the price was for two, my offer ended up being higher than the asking price.

The crappy part was that the item wasn't on auto-accept, so the buyer knowingly accepted the offer. Then when I messaged him to cancel he opened an unpaid item case against me. Had to call ebay to get it removed...

[cardking739]

Originally Posted by xavieronly1

1) Put in your max bid
2) Click "Review"
3) Click "Place Bid"

It is impossible to get "fat finger" 3 times in a row.

Also, $201 is 3 digit. It requires 3 tabs. You had to tab "2" first. Then move down to "0". Then move back up to "1". It is not like you click "5" instead of "2" and ends up with $51.

On my phone, it just has where you type the bid, then hit bid. No reviews or anything. On doing best offers I have 3 screens as such.

Had a Lakers quad patch card I meant to hit $12.50 a few days before the bid ended. Well my mistake, I hit the decimal but it didn't recognize it I didn't hit it hard enough or however, it made the bid $125.00 instead of $12.50. I immediately let the seller know. He said he'd wait to see if someone outbids it and for me to be calm its no big deal. He was great. I should go and look his name up to commend him in this post. Well of course I won the bid at $112.00 I believe. Well for some reason it wouldn't let me cancel it. The seller tried to guide into how to cancel it but I told him that's the method I was using. Long story short, I had to call eBay, the seller put in a msg of great words about my communication with him & we finally got it canceled. Still don't know the ins and outs of why it wouldn't cancel when both parties were trying to make it happen. The seller went to good lengths of his time to help me with this. Anyhow, when re-auctioned it sold for more than my screw up bid so things turned out great for him though on my,end I had a cancelled item on my history with eBay staff. This was a case of two people working together to fix an honest mistake. At one point I offered to even pay for it but the seller was so great he refused to let me buy the card at a price I wasn't comfortable at. So some of these end in good stories even though I had that on my eBay history. But not everybody has the same bid set up on their phones/ tablets/ laptops.On my phone, you got type in the amount of bid, then hit enter bid. This works great for fast bidding, but we all can make accidents in all ventures in life & this is one of em.

So Leon, I understand where you coming from bud, it happens, but most of us in this hobby are more than willing to help each other out. The end.

[Boo]

[Ginger Ale]

Yes, I paid 330.00 for a BGS 8.5 Lebron Chrome Rookie.

I was ticked.

[drob50]

Originally Posted by Boo

[DajuanWagner]

Originally Posted by Ginger Ale

Yes, I paid 330.00 for a BGS 8.5 Lebron Chrome Rookie.

I was ticked.

You may be alright. He did have a horrible Game 3, but I hear his cards are going up in value.........