Reply to "winning snipes coming in after mine, but posted earlier time"

I think you are mistaken. It's confusing because the price shown on ebay is usually NOT that persons max bid, it's only enough to stay in the lead.

Michel placed their bid before you did, but it only took 2.50 (one increment above myfrott's 2.25 bid) of their max to stay in the lead. Until your bid came in that is. Your bid was $3.10, but their max was $3.11.

There are no programs that trick eBay into recording the wrong time. What would be the point, if they were going to win anyway with a higher bid?

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Here is another look at the auction.

The following table has been reorganized and sorted into date order.  First
bid placed is line #1.  That should make it easier to follow the auction.
Two additional columns have been calculated and added.  They are the current 
bid and high bidder, as displayed on eBay after each bid is placed.        v2.1.08
* = Winning bid. 
 
                    Max                      Current Winning
  #    Bidder       Bid      Day & Time       Bid  &  Bidder
                  (US $)
  1   michel-west   1.99   27-Jul  09:13:02   1.99   michel-west  
  2   myfrott       2.25   28-Jul  17:36:16   2.24   myfrott      
  3   michel-west  *3.11   01-Aug  09:59:44   2.50   michel-west  
  4   your bid      3.10   01-Aug  14:15:31   3.11   michel-west  
        End                01-Aug  14:15:36            

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