#1089 eBay UK don\\\\\\\'t use bidding increments as documented!

[Laurence Passmore]

http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html

The above document clearly states that the increment increases once you are *past* the boundary. For example:

current price -> increment
£1.01 - £5.00 -> £0.20
£5.01 - £15.00 -> £0.50

An item of £5.00 should have a next bid of £5.20. However, the new increment actually activates *at* the boundary - the next bid needs to be £5.50. This does make sense, otherwise you could end up with bidding sequences like £5.00, £5.20, £5.70, £6.20 etc.

I've contacted eBay.co.uk to get them to update their documentation. The jbidwatcher code itself needs to be updated per the diff below. This brings it into line with the majority of the other currency tables which all feature boundary definitions with .99.

NB: I suspect tw_incrementTable may also need changing too since it still uses integer boundary definitions.

Index: ebayServer.java

--- ebayServer.java (revision 7)
+++ ebayServer.java (working copy)
@@ -237,16 +237,18 @@
{ new Currency("CAD99.99"), new Currency( "CAD1.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
{ Currency.NoValue(), new Currency("CAD2.50") } }; //$NON-NLS-1$

+ // eBay.co.uk increments change *at* the boundary regardless of what the documentation
+ // may say: http://pages.ebay.co.uk/help/buy/bid-increments.html
private static Currency[][] uk_incrementTable = {
- { new Currency( "GBP1.00"), new Currency( "GBP0.05") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP5.00"), new Currency( "GBP0.20") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP15.00"), new Currency( "GBP0.50") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP60.00"), new Currency( "GBP1.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP150.00"), new Currency( "GBP2.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP300.00"), new Currency( "GBP5.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency( "GBP600.00"), new Currency("GBP10.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency("GBP1500.00"), new Currency("GBP25.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
- { new Currency("GBP3000.00"), new Currency("GBP50.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP0.99"), new Currency( "GBP0.05") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP4.99"), new Currency( "GBP0.20") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP14.99"), new Currency( "GBP0.50") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP59.99"), new Currency( "GBP1.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP149.99"), new Currency( "GBP2.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP299.99"), new Currency( "GBP5.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency( "GBP599.99"), new Currency("GBP10.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency("GBP1499.99"), new Currency("GBP25.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
+ { new Currency("GBP2999.99"), new Currency("GBP50.00") }, //$NON-NLS-1$ //$NON-NLS-2$
{ Currency.NoValue(), new Currency("GBP100.00") } }; //$NON-NLS-1$

private static Currency[][] fr_incrementTable = {

[Laurence Passmore]

Correct bid increment definitions for eBay.co.uk

[Laurence Passmore]

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File Added: ebay_uk_bid_boundaries.txt

[Morgan Schweers]

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Greetings,
Accepted and committed!

-- Morgan

[Morgan Schweers]

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Greetings,
Download the latest version from:
http://www.jbidwatcher.com
as this bug is believed to be fixed in it.

-- Morgan Schweers, CyberFOX!

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