1. In last 5 minutes of an auction, I tried to modify my AS bid but the Amount was grayed out. I got out of modify mode and went back in twice more in the pursuing minutes in further unsuccessful attempts. What went on here?

2. My unchanged bid was for $737.54. The item sold for $735.00. My AS bid was marked "Bid Too Low." My bid does not show up on eBay. What's up with this? (I think my bid didn't go through because I was trying to modify it right down the time the bid ended.)

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1. In last 5 minutes of an auction, I tried to modify my AS bid

http://www.auctionsniper.com/faqsnipes.aspx#snipes1

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2. My unchanged bid was for $737.54. The item sold for $735.00.

Due to ebay's bid increments.

Dang. I didn't know about the five minute restriction. I would have put the bid in on eBay.

Meh. I was only going to go $20 higher and might not have gotten it anyway and I was pushing the limits of what I wanted to pay anyway.

Well, now I know. Thanks.

Changing a bid at the last minute because of a higher amount having been bid by someone else seems to defeat one of the purposes of sniping, which is to decide on one's max at the outset, no?