Well folks, this maintaince excuse does not explain why my snipe
ttp://offer.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewBids&item=200019245178
was enter 1 minute early so that a guy could up his bid and up his bid again testing how high my bid was and in doing so AS's mistake cost me exactly $50.00. I got the item , yes, but at $150 (my snipe was #1.17 above that instead of the $100 I would have gotten it for had AS placed my snipe at 7 sec b4 instead of 1 min b4!