Reply to "False Bid to Low"

larrythelegendMember

I should have come here first. Here is an eMail I just got from AS:

That item ended exactly at 6:30pm. Items ending on half hours between
5:30 and 8:30 need 30 second lead times because it often takes eBay
that long to process the bid. Not ever time, but often.

Not placing a bid at 30 seconds is like playing russian roulette. Sure
9 out of 10 times your bid will make it with 5 seconds just fine. But
1 in 10 it won. Whereas your odds of being outbid even with a 30
second snipe are more like 1 in 50. Neither is the best solution, but
we take the one that gives you the best odds of winning. Until eBay
improves their performance at those times we dont have any other
option. More people would lose because of eBay slowness if we
didnt bid early, then lose by being outbid. It's the lesser of two evils
for us unfortunately.

1/23/043:11 PM

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