AS sniped too early

I just found earlier posts(10/14) about this and I now understand why AS sniped early. My question is this: If AS is going to judge when to place bids at busy times(and place bid earlier than my posted lead time) then why ask what lead time we want?

diney, if you don't mind, tell us your auction number so we can look at it. It is helpful in answering such questions.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3436353575
#3436353575
mama-bear( 318) $10.50 Oct-26-03 19:44:44 PST
itsdiney( 51) $10.00 Oct-26-03 19:44:24 PST
mama-bear( 318) $9.84 Oct-26-03 19:42:36 PST
jcfrench( 489) $7.05 Oct-20-03 11:53:21 PDT
4me_n_2you( 137) $6.25 Oct-25-03 22:41:05 PDT
4me_n_2you( 137) $5.00 Oct-25-03 22:40:48 PDT
xzy789( 76) $4.00 Oct-24-03 17:25:31 PDT
lleesie( 47) $3.24 Oct-23-03 11:16:21 PDT
I guess I really didn't want them that bad or I would have bid something like 10.77 which is what I freq do!
Loosing this auction not as important as some others will be though. AS has worked great before though. The other person might have had a snipe program huh? They won at 1 sec!

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diney posted: The other person might have had a snipe program huh? They won at 1 sec!

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Impossible to know for sure whether they sniped or not; with only 1 second remaining, they probably did snipe, however, I actually manually sniped an auction at 1 second before. NOT that I intended to do that...that is just how long it took eBay to process my bid submission. In other words, I was dang lucky!

WarriorNun

"If you can't be a good example, then you'll just have to be a horrible warning"

Well, first it was only 20 seconds.

They ask you for a lead time. If ebay is rocking, they punch it thru at that time.

If ebay is 8 seconds behind then they use your lead time PLUS 8 seconds. The idea is to account for a sluggish ebay.

In your case it appears AS noticed ebay was running 15 seconds slow so they "tossed the bid to the ebay gods" 20 seconds out but ebay had picked up speed again and you were early.

Think of it this way... It is better to be 20 seconds early than 15 seconds late... knowhatImean?

I have found that the best thing to do is to be sure to bid on AS "The MOST I will pay for the darn thing." Then if I get it at that or below, great. If some one was willing to pay more than me and they got it at the last second, then I know they deserved it. I just was not willing to pay that much. (Even by .01) Another item will come along that I will get at "MY PRICE".

I love AS bids, as it avoids running the price up as well as it makes me decide how much I will pay and that is all I will pay. So, best of luck in the future.

Hmmm....I am having a bit of trouble shortening your username to something manageable. I am the abbreviation queen

Anyways - ShoptillIdrop - I am sure Chatter will be most impressed with your sniping strategy.

It is the most efficient way to snipe.

Lexie

HI Aussie I assume. Thanks for your kind comment.
I just know it works for me. I also love the abiltiy to cancel my bid if something better comes along in time.