I like
the way
that you've
written it
like a poem.
I guess that you're angry but, as AS never claims to be 100% reliable, then relying on it for "the biggest most important snipe you will ever make" was probably a foolish thing to do.
AS has no control over eBay so they have to react to them as they occur. Fixing software isn't an instant job - think about it logically - they have to spot that there is a problem, work out what has stopped working, work out how to fix it, fix it, check it's fixed and then release the fix. Easy!
R2