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A major boo-boo: snipers be warned

T tonboMember
I was bidding on an auction in British pounds.

The auction was around 35--pounds, that is--when I placed my snipe amount, of $119. That's about 70 pounds.

But Auction Sniper thought I was placing a bid with 119 pounds!!!!

No wonder I won the auction! The itemsells for $119 retail, so I overpaid by around $20, not including shipping!

Still, in this case it all worked out. I really wanted the item, a rarity on eBay, and actually had the balance available in my PayPal account.

But be forewarned! Be careful what currency to bid in--because you might win it!

Every day above ground is a GOOD day
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G gardengnomeMember
Actually AS bids in the auctions currency and treats your entry as being in that currency, whether it be £ or $ or whatever. In fact it doesn't even have an indication of the currency on the box where you type in your max bid.

The figure goes in just as units (e.g 119.00) so you do have to be careful, as in this case it's a bit of a trap.

I tend to copy the auction number from the eBay site and paste it into the AS screen, so sometimes I have to go back and check the currency before entering the bid.

GG
T tonboMember
Sara B., Thanks!!!! That is truly customer service for you.

It's great to have all these different countries represented on eBay nowadays--I'm in Canada and I still remember the days when eBay.ca was a windless desert, auctions-wise, but now I can buy from Oz, Britain, you name it.

Your gesture much appreciated!

best,

Nick

Every day above ground is a GOOD day
G gallinagomediaMember
Wow, this discussion brings back memories. I was bidding on a Canadian auction site one time, and forgetting which site I was on, accidentally bid over $350.00 CAN. Well no surprise (to me at least), I won the item.

Fortunately the seller was willing to accept US money at the current exchange rate. So I sent him $2.17 US (that included shipping), got what I paid for and learned my lesson! Wink

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