Hi all,
I've used Auction Sniper happily for several years...until last night when the same thing that happened to Sala happened to me!
Although I do understand that it was illogical to have set my snipe higher than the Buy-It-Now price, part of my rationale was this: Since I wasn't able to monitor the auction in the two days leading up to its close, I thought maybe--near auction end--the bidding price would have already exceeded the BIN price, and still be climbing...in which case my above-BIN snipe would have been effective. Does that make sense?
At any rate, now I've learned my lesson about the new lingering BIN system--I should either set my snipe below the BIN price, or just Buy-It-Now if I'm really interested in something! I think this new system definitely favors the seller...which I occasionally am, so I see the benefits. But I'm sad to have learned the hard way about how AS interacts with it. I'm still bemoaning the "loss" of not winning the item!
And yes, a warning (when I set my snipe above BIN price) would have been nice...instead of seeing that reassuring green "Ready"!