Have you ever lost your internet connection while bidding on ebay?
By apples99
@apples99 (6556)
United States
May 24, 2011 3:42pm CST
Thankfully I have never experienced a sudden loss of net connection during a bid or buy, the site, but the very thought of something like that happening has got me carious. so I thought I'd ask to find out if this has ever happened to anyone
Have you ever suddenly lost your internet connection while bidding on ebay or doing other important activities online please share? thanks.
7 responses
Oh no, well maybe you should get a computer with built in wifi or a connect card instead of using a router.
@apples99 (6556)
• United States
29 May 11
You know what that's not a bad strategy maybe I'll consider trying that myself
Though one of the reasons I tend to stay around during the bidding is to time it just right and get the best rate at the end, but your strategy is probably the best way to avoid net connection problems for those who have them.
@Humbug25 (12540)
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27 May 11
Hi ya apples99
I don't think I have. When I am bidding on ebay I tend to put the maximum I am prepared to pay in as my highest bid and then leave because I have been caught out before by getting into a bidding war with someone and have ended up paying more for an item than it was really worth hahaha. As for any other stuff, I might have done but it would never have been anything really important haha
@GemmaR (8517)
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24 May 11
This has happened to me and I lost an item that I had been bidding on for a week and a half because of it. I was very annoyed, particularly because the person who eventually "won" the item backed out, so the item went back onto the website and I had to begin bidding on it again. The price that I paid in the end was much higher than the price that I would have paid had my internet not broken down on that one occasion.
It's extra annoying because my internet doesn't normally break down, and it chose the most inconvenient time possible to go down on that day.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
26 May 11
No..but I would be mad as a hornet if I did.
I have lost my connection to sites before. Like this one mainly. I get this long response written out and go to post it...and there it is. The page saying I lost the connection. Oh that burns me up. I need to coppy my responses before I go to post them..but I never remember too.
I have lost my connection to sites before. Like this one mainly. I get this long response written out and go to post it...and there it is. The page saying I lost the connection. Oh that burns me up. I need to coppy my responses before I go to post them..but I never remember too. 
@wiggles18 (2506)
• Canada
24 May 11
Yes! This happened to me and I lost the item I was bidding on by 50 cents- and I was willing to bid much, much more than the amount! My internet provider is just ridiculous lately- I am thinking I will have to switch it.
