<Edit> Where's the support on this - this is a real problem, very few views, no replies? Is it just expected and ok that the bid groups will fail when they are most useful? <end edit>
Hi, I've searched and discovered this has been discussed a lot, but I've had a failure with bid groups that doesn't seem to be explained by the discussions.
I've been trying to snipe a cheap iPod and have had an ongoing bidgroup for the purpose. They've all ended in bid too low until a couple of days ago. I had bids on items:
320140346176, 28/07/2007 9:41:19 AM
320140346301, 28/07/2007 9:42:04 AM and
220133893780, 28/07/2007 9:45:03 AM
First too ended in Bid Too Low, but the last one showed Unresolved Bidgroup item. My max bid was $123.57 where the last price was $39.99. Why was the bid not placed? I had a lead time of 8 seconds and the Auctions were 3 minutes apart.
Everything I read suggests that around 30 seconds between ending times is normally safe for bid groups.
Additionally I notice that the preceeding item went to Bid Too Low status a whole day before the item closed, so there should not have been any problem.
This is so frustratig as it was exactly the sort of bargain I was using AS to try and get.
Any ideas why this failed?
Brad
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