Before you can bid you must sign in. Only registered eBay users can bid. To learn more about becoming a registered member, look for the Further Information link at the end of this lesson.

To bid, enter an amount into Your Maximum bid and click on Place Bid.  A page will display that asks you to confirm your bid. When - and only when - you click on “Confirm Bid" will your bid be placed. Once the bid is placed, remember you have entered into a binding contract with the seller to buy the item should you win.

You will then see a confirmation page or an outbid notice. The outbid notice means another bidder has placed a higher maximum bid than you. But why were you outbid so quickly?

Whenever another bidder has placed a higher maximum bid than you, you will be outbid immediately.  

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