I lost 6 auctions the other day, because:

Auctionsniper's system malfunctioned, "had difficulties", or what many of us are saying, "crashed"...

I wasn't alone - there were MANY OTHERS.

Now, I and all my friends who use Auctionsniper, are wondering why you didn't alert us. Or rather, why you do not have a system that does. I have also worked at large companies that - when their system went down - they would send out over 132,000 emails to tell their customers that there was a temporary problem with the site and it would be up again in several hours. (a spammer can email 2 MILLION people in a few seconds! so this would be easy for Auctionsniper to do - just mass email the entire customer base)

It is also the responsible thing to do for your customers so we won't lose our auctions again.

And if you - the people who run Auctionsniper - you suggest that we are supposed to check your site every time we have an Ebay auction closing - that is illogical, unreasonable, unprofessional and just plain lazy on your part. Not to mention arrogent, too.

I ask you: WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO SO THAT WHEN YOUR SYSTEM GOES DOWN AGAIN - AND IT WILL - AS EVERY COMPUTER SYSTEM DOES AT SOME TIME - WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMERS FROM LOSING THEIR AUCTIONS?

ARE YOU GOING TO INSTITUTE A SYSTEM TO EMAIL AN ALERT TO US SO WE CAN FIND OUT EARLY ON? Or do you plan on ignoring us again? What will you do next time? Do you have new plans?

Before you answer - just put yourself in our shoes. If you have any empathy - think of how we feel about losing auctions on things we would have won - some auction items will never come up again, like vintage photographs. You can't be just a computer IT robot who says, "Gee, I'm sorry folks, computer difficulties, you know. You lost auctions? Toooo bad, gee." GET REAL, and think of your customers. We use you because we trust you. Provide us with action/protection to match our trust.

We are waiting to hear what you are going to do if and when this happens again. DO YOU HAVE ANY CONTINGENCY PLANS TO PROTECT YOUR CUSTOMERS IN CASE OF A SYSTEM MALFUNCTION THAT LASTS FOR HOURS?

If not - will you immediately start work on some kind of alert system that reaches out to your customers immediately in case of major malfunctions? What are you doing now?

I HOPE ALL AUCTIONSNIPER CUSTOMERS WRITE IN TO DEMAND ACTION ON THIS AND NOT LET IT GO BY --- BECAUSE IF THE COMPANY DOESN'T DO SOMETHING NOW - THEN YOU WILL LOSE YOUR AUCTIONS WHEN THE SYSTEM HITS A GLITCH/EXPERIENCES DIFFICULTIES/ GOES DOWN AGAIN.

Hang on - this makes no sense - I have no snipes affected by the 'crash' so why would I want an email telling me that there was a problem. That would be like the Government contacting me because there are roadworks on a road that I occasionally use. However, if I was on that road then some signs warning me of a problem ahead would be useful (great simile!)

I think your rant here, whilst justified in your own mind, has been made over and over, over the last few days - why not contact AS directly via the Help tab and get an official response to your suggestion.

R2

And just what good would an email do me or many others who use AS so that we do not have to sit by the computer monitoring the auction?