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Originally posted by dagnabitgrabit:
2. I thought I'd read that if AS didn't actually win the bid for you, then it didn't count as one of your "free" snipes AND that you wouldn't be charged by AS for the win. In the future am I going to get charged for these types of wins now that my freebies are gone?
This is from AS' faq:
36. Why do you snipe if I’m already the high bidder?
Our sniping system needs to be as efficient as possible when placing snipes. If we had to check to see if you are already the high bidder before we snipe it would add an extra step to the process. We like to be able to snipe no matter what to make sure we don't miss any snipes.
If you placed a bid on eBay for $10.00, then you sniped with us for $10.00, the user would get a "HIGH BIDDER" status message. But if they place a bid on eBay for $10.00, then snipe for $15.00, then they will be charged a snipe credit and the status will be "YOU WON!" You're not really bidding against yourself, you're just raising your max proxy bid in this case.
AS has no way of knowing that it didn't place your snipe, but it knows that you won. Also, AS' resources were used. If AS didn't do this, some would tend to use AS only as a backup to manual snipes.
I know I didn't answer all of your questions, but since you were so kind as to help someone else that is new to this forum, I thought I'd post something to start the ball rolling towards answering your other questions.