I just lost an auction because AS put my bid in 14 seconds earlier than i wanted it to!!!!!! Ive read all the postings about their lead time and the excuse about how they have to do that on heavy traffic nights. This is a bunch of BS!!! I have been a buyer and seller on Ebay since 1999 and I can tell you for a fact that at this time of year there is ABSOLUTELY NO REASON TO PUT MY BID IN 14 SECONDS EARLY ON A SATURDAY EVENING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If I had wanted to lose the auction I could have done it on my own thank you very much!!!
quote:Click here to find the answers
If you provide a link to the answers of my questions I'll be satisfied.
quote:No you can't. We snipe more auctions in a minute than you have in your 4 years on eBay.
have been a buyer and seller on Ebay since 1999 and I can tell you for a fact
Just because you've done something a few times doesn't make you an expert at it. We on the other hand are experts. Leave the sniping to the pros.
Your snipe was placed at 16 seconds before an item ending at 7pm. The other bidder bid with 10 seconds left, you would have lost in either case. They did not bid, then see your higher bid and rebid. You lost because your max was $14.48, and theirs was at least $14.98.
Sara,
As I've already searched the forums for answers I'll assume your smart ass response is just a way of saying that AS is misleading on purpose. If you have users who don't scrounge the forums, you are lying about how your service works. Even if you do have users that scrounge the forums, your tactics are dubious at best.
PB
As I've already searched the forums for answers I'll assume your smart ass response is just a way of saying that AS is misleading on purpose. If you have users who don't scrounge the forums, you are lying about how your service works. Even if you do have users that scrounge the forums, your tactics are dubious at best.
PB
Hmmmm, sounds even more like multiple posts, under different names, from the same user.... 
Hi,
this is my first post - I just signed up. Any etiquette advice is welcome.
TO THE POINT:
I was here looking around a few months ago and it seems that this was a heated topic then also. Would it be difficult to have a couple check boxes in the "Snipe Now" popup that basically says either maintain exact bid lead time or allow adjutment for traffic.?
Direct response welcome: jes59@comcast.net
this is my first post - I just signed up. Any etiquette advice is welcome.
TO THE POINT:
I was here looking around a few months ago and it seems that this was a heated topic then also. Would it be difficult to have a couple check boxes in the "Snipe Now" popup that basically says either maintain exact bid lead time or allow adjutment for traffic.?
Direct response welcome: jes59@comcast.net
Hi JohnnysDad, and welcome.
To answer your question... 'Would it be difficult?' Probably not, but still don't see it happening.
If AS sends my bid in early, it's silly to argue whether it's to insure my win, or insure AS gets their cut. They are both the same thing. Some see the glass as half empty and others see it as half full, and it's silly to augue which is correct. If AS bids TO early and I'm outbid manually, they don't get paid. That's enough to convince me they will do everything they can to insure my bid gets placed, but not TO early.
Not bad etiquette, but I'd click the edit (
) button and remove my email address.
To answer your question... 'Would it be difficult?' Probably not, but still don't see it happening.
If AS sends my bid in early, it's silly to argue whether it's to insure my win, or insure AS gets their cut. They are both the same thing. Some see the glass as half empty and others see it as half full, and it's silly to augue which is correct. If AS bids TO early and I'm outbid manually, they don't get paid. That's enough to convince me they will do everything they can to insure my bid gets placed, but not TO early.
Not bad etiquette, but I'd click the edit (
) button and remove my email address.quote:
Originally posted by Chatter:
_Hmmmm, sounds even more like multiple posts, under different names, from the same user...._
I can assure you Chatter, that it's multiple people with the same general feeling. Using such a tactic is asinine when dealing with someone who can look up information about you (e.g. forum moderator). Anyway, your comments really aren’t answering any of our questions. If you want to make yourself useful to us, you could perhaps find Sara’s answers to our questions in her previous posts. I can restate it if you want: Why is AS service working differently than how it explicitly states it works in its online documentation?
It's as simple as this. If you dont like how things are here, go somewhere else. End of discussion.