Just want to add my 2 cents worth, as well. I lost two auctions today for the same reason. My snipe was not placed, and one item sold to someone else for much less and the 2nd snipe wasn't placed but no one else bid, so the seller re-listed the item. Grrr. Pretty frustrating to say the least. Yes, a heads up would be nice so we can manually place bids ~ or just close our accounts???