Has anyone used a 1 second lead time with good results?

I've used AS for years and find my 3 sec. lead is posting in 5 sec. I lost an auction yesterday as a result. If it had been less I would have won.

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Has anyone used a 1 second lead time with good results?

The minimum is 3 seconds.

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I lost an auction yesterday as a result. If it had been less I would have won.

Really? I thought it was the highest bid that wins, not the last one. Tell me if I'm wrong...

R2

Hello Texraid,

I have to assume that you're referring to eBay item number 220390784645. If that's the case, then this auction was not lost because of the time your bid was placed, but because your max bid was lower than the winning bid. This should have generated the Snipe Status message "Bid Too Low."

The bid was placed a little bit earlier than your 3 second lead time, but I can assure you that if it had gone at exactly three seconds, it still wouldn't have been the winning bid. The winning bidder was also using an automatic bidding service and placed a higher bid.

Our servers gauge the traffic on eBay, as well as other factors, when placing a snipe. This sometimes results in a snipe being placed a couple seconds earlier or later than the lead time. Because of this, we don't recommend setting lead times less than 5 seconds, especially during peak times, to ensure your bid is placed before the close of the auction.

It is always in our best interest for you to win your auction. Please let me know if you have any further questions regarding this matter.

I thank you for using Auction Sniper.

Respectfully,

Steve
Auction Sniper Product Manager

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Originally posted by region2:

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I lost an auction yesterday as a result. If it had been less I would have won.

Really? I thought it was the highest bid that wins, not the last one. Tell me if I'm wrong...

R2

True. I was just out-sniped/bid in the last 2 seconds.

Thanks Sniper Steve for the explanation. All the years I've used AS I have won more than lost.

1 minute lead time???? I just came back to AuctionSniper after a hiatus and tried to adjust lead time from 3 seconds to 2 seconds---both yesterday and today.

Apparently, they no longer can be adjusted---both time, they just went back to 3 minutes, which seems to be the default. I, of course, lost yesterday's auction and
would appreciate an answer (I just posted this question separately--no answer as yet) since I have a snipe in for an auction which will end in a couple of hours.

Many thanks.

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Originally posted by jebarts:
1 minute lead time???? I just came back to AuctionSniper after a hiatus and tried to adjust lead time from 3 seconds to 2 seconds---both yesterday and today.

Apparently, they no longer can be adjusted---both time, they just went back to 3 minutes, which seems to be the default. I, of course, lost yesterday's auction and
would appreciate an answer (I just posted this question separately--no answer as yet) since I have a snipe in for an auction which will end in a couple of hours.

Many thanks.

http://community.auctionsniper...?r=39310389#39310389

Is using such a short lead time safe? I would feel comfortable with 5-6 seconds given lag or delay that can occur due to congestion, but 3 seconds or less doesn't leave much room should something bog down the network traffic.

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Originally posted by Jello22:
but 3 seconds or less

The minimum is 3 seconds.