Can eBay Automatic Bidding Be Beat In The Last Seconds?

[Charles]

I'm bidding on an item and I've set my max bid on it, and I'm currently the highest bidder.

But I noticed that when someone bid on the item, it took seven seconds for my bid to automatically be posted.

Does this mean someone could out-bid me, even if I have set my max bid to a high number, in the last few seconds of the auction?

[Plutoe]

I have been outbid in the final second, several times.

[Mike O]

you set your price what your willing to pay, the times you were beat they probably paid to much for the item anyways

[Roddy]

The time difference is just how long it takes for eBay to update the notice of the bid. You will not be outbid unless someone bids higher than your max.

[GinoParisian]

Of course.