eBay was down at that time.
No bids were placed because eBay was in the dumpster. Their fault, not ours.
For a billion dollar company they sure dont have billion dollar uptime. Thank god they don't run Boeing because if they did I'd never fly again.
Even though eBay was offline and thus it had nothing to do with it you can still claim some free snipes here:
http://www.auctionsniper.com/freeSnipes.aspx