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Can I Accidentally Bid Against Myself?


Yes. You can have both a manual (proxy) bid and a snipe on the same auction, but we don't recommend it.

If another bidder comes in between your two bids, as is usually the case, you will pay an extra bid increment, but it could be much more. Your opponent will see your existing bid and could try to beat it, which will raise the cost. That is, they might emotionally escalate whatever bid they had previously planned to make if they hadn't seen your bid.

If you plan to snipe an item for which you already have a bid, you should retract your bid at eBay . Put your trust in us.


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