I have read some of you getting snipes done a second early, or 30 seconds early.
Try a day early. Apparently I have won, and the auction is ended, except it isn't - it sitll has a day to go.
On March 31, 2008, @ 8:49pm (ie roughly 10 hours ago) MikeD posted to say the "technical issues have been resolved".
Well, sorry to say this but my Snipe was placed a day early about 1.5 hours ago, so clearly the issues are NOT resolved.
I have already had a chat with support, who pointed me to MikeD's post - clearly without going into any detail re my "snipe", which is unfortunate, as it spurred me on to fill in all the details required to register here and say:
AuctionSnipe? More like AuctionLandmine.
I am trialling this system, and very thankful I did not have to pay for it.
Aussie Ebayer attempting to "snipe" an item on www.ebay.com.au - I agree with others that this should not be affected by timezones, etc.
And how about a bit of detail about "Ebay's sudden change in their system" - sounds a little too wishy washy for me.
I have been developing internet applications for around 10 years, you can give me a bit more detail if you like :-)
Sincerely
Aaron DC
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