PWCC Auctions - Mystery Bid Post Auction?

[JimmyArcher]

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

[savedfrommyspokes]

I won 2 items, and received an email titled "Congratulations! You Won!".

The price in the email for the first item matched the winning bid I had seen last evening and was indeed below my max. The price in the email for the second item was less than half of the final price, as well as below the overtime price, and was equal to my max bid (actual final price was about 10% below recent sales of the same item).

My guess is some glitch occurred with their system sending out these "you won" emails with incorrect prices.

[STL1944]

I have reached out to customer service and we will see what they say...

[Peter_Spaeth]

I am the last person to defend them, but it sounds like glitches with their new system.

[HawkFan70]

I emailed PWCC as I had the same issue. I received an email last night that had my winning bid and an invoice that was at my max bid. Luckily the difference was only a few bucks. Their response was that the initial email was wrong and that I was invoiced for the final price (which happened to be my max bid). I think in the future I will no longer use the max bid feature if I decide to bid in their auctions again.

[martyp]

Originally Posted by HawkFan70

I emailed PWCC as I had the same issue. I received an email last night that had my winning bid and an invoice that was at my max bid. Luckily the difference was only a few bucks. Their response was that the initial email was wrong and that I was invoiced for the final price (which happened to be my max bid). I think in the future I will no longer use the max bid feature if I decide to bid in their auctions again.

At least you are now positive that they can see the max bids.

[carlsonjok]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

I am the last person to defend them, but it sounds like glitches with their new system.

I get that the plural of anecdote isn't data, but it certainly is one heck of a glitch that has invoiced at least two people at their maximum bid, rather than at the bid they thought was the closing price. I suppose there could be an innocent explanation, but without seeing bid history we'll just have to take their (PWCC) word for it.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by carlsonjok

I get that the plural of anecdote isn't data, but it certainly is one heck of a glitch that has invoiced at least two people at their maximum bid, rather than at the bid they thought was the closing price. I suppose there could be an innocent explanation, but without seeing bid history we'll just have to take their (PWCC) word for it.

He can't be THAT stupid can he?

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

He can't be THAT stupid can he?

I'm surprised you would ask that

Unless somewhere in his fine print it says "all final bids follow the silent bid system used by local fun night fundraisers. In other words no matter what the "winning bid" actually is you pay the max you wrote down"

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by JimmyArcher

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

They didn't thoroughly test their new shilling platform....errr auction platform?

[mintacular]

Originally Posted by JimmyArcher

In addition to the Cicotte that I didn't end up winning, I also bid on a cheap 1989 Topps set. Received an email last night stating I had won with a bid of $10, and similar to the example above, I received my invoice this morning and the bid total was showing as $12.

$12 just happened to be the max bid I had entered.

And to answer the question about bid history, I haven't been able to find a bid history for either the auctions I lost or the auction I won.

I think this got buried in the lede, PWCC is now auctioning off $10 '89 Baseball Sets? My have the mighty have fallen....