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I must admit to total confusion on this one, and advice is certainly needed.

I set up a bidgroup to purchase 3 spotlights two days ago and put three items in my bidgroup. Below is a direct copy of the first item listing in my Bidgroup...

$67 Outdoor Bronze Lighting Spotlight NR
item max # bids lead
2376001163 US $ 31.75 5 25
ended folder/bidgroup
1/28/2004 6:01:38 PM Outdoor Lighting
status
Ready

Seller: bargainland-liquidation Currently: US $ 23.55 Quantity: 1

When I looked this evening, the status was still ready, but no snipes were placed..... As a relatively new ebayer, I may have made a mistake in the way I set up the Bidgroup (my first time) but I cannot see it........ Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
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Thanks for the note and input... I did try the Update Price icon before posting the query. When refreshed, it seemed to me that nothing had changed (prices did not change), but I may have missed something...

As another observation, the entire bidgroup remained unchanged for at least 45 minutes after bidding ended.... Eventually, it was emptied and seen only on the bid calendar... not sure what the significance is of this observation, but it was noted.

[This message was edited by MichaelSC on January 28, 2004 at 08:27 PM.]
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We sniped that item. All of them in fact. The conformation shows we sniped.

Change your folder to your Outdoor Lights folder, then change the "Show" drop down box to "Snipes I've Lost" then click the confirmation button next to the losing snipe.

However, something strange is going on. I've never seen so many "Not in time" bids before. We are sniping but none of your bids are making it to eBay in time, even though you used a 25 second lead time these last few auctions. And they didnt end exactly on a quarter hour.

I'm sending it to a program. Either you have incredibly bad luck and ran into eBay slowdowns at weird times 2 days in a row, or something is wrong.

It doesnt seem to be a site wide thing as we're generally making everyones snipes on time. So we'll see whats up.
Following Sarah's reply, I received the following information when activating the Confirmation button within the Snipes I've Lost section of the Bidgroup:
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$67 Outdoor Bronze Lighting Spotlight NR

Auction ended
Sorry, but the item is no longer available because the auction has ended
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I would agree with Sarah that something seems to be askew, in that I have lostother items in the same way using lower lead times... I have been increasing the lead time, yet still am seeing similar problems..... Thanks for looking into the issue(s) and keeping all of us informed.

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