Hmm - so your snipe went in at 8 seconds (a full 5 seconds more than you expected but at the lead time recommended by most on the forum) and you lost 'cos someone else was able to respond. I DON'T THINK SO!!!
I guess s/he never bothered to understand how AS actually works nor read the forums properly (otherwise s/he would know that most people call it AS not a.s !!!) to discover about proxy bidding etc.
There's no helping those that don't want to be helped!
BYE!
R2