Are Ebay bidding bots common?

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I think I came across my first ebay bot. The item was at $500 and I bid $1500, check to see the highest bid and it jumped to $1525. Ok no big deal, I put a bid in for $1600 and it said the highest was $1625 now. Not a second of delay, the highest bid went up instantly. There were only 2 bidders(myself and a 0 feeback account) and the seller has 4 feedback. Dont know what I ran into, have you experienced this before?

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Ebay had that built in. If you bid higher than the current bid, ebay will bid for you automatically up to your max

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Is $25 the increment it’s set at?(obviously unless the difference is less than $25)

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The amount is based off of the current bid of the item. Here’s an eBay article about it: www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/automatic-bidding?id=4014

The $25 jumps you saw are because the item was over $1000.

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@mrtz,

It’s the correct increment for that price range. You simply got outbid that’s how eBay bidding works.

You can consider Gixen to help you bid in the future.

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Fiery and jonbo,

Thank you both for the clarification. I will consider Gixen

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As the others said, that’s just how bidding works when someone’s bid more than you. Although eBay bidding bots are a thing

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