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...from an email contact in Argentina:

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Regarding AS, I haven't had luck ONCE with it. Lessee.. I got outbid many
times, outsniped a couple others, proxy outbid (grrrrr) yet another, and the
last time it failed to place the bid on time. And of course I'd have won if
it had. Mad

It sounds to me like he is not too happy. Big Grin



Dave

"The waist is a terrible thing to mind."
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...that the only time AS was at fault was for the last incident listed, and THAT may have been an ebay problem. The bottom line is the old adage: "He who bids the most wins!" AS does NOT circumvent that rule. If your Argentine friend is truly bidding/sniping his/her MAX, they would have experienced the same outcome even if bidding manually.

Incidentally, in the LAST case maybe, maybe not on the win. After all, they have NO IDEA what the winning bidder's maximum proxy bid was. They might have been outbid even if the snipe bid were successfully placed.

Jabbergah                                                  
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Jabbergah:
Incidentally, in the LAST case maybe, maybe not on the win.
I have to agree with Jabber on his observations. (even those not quoted here)

I used AS the other day. At one minute till auction end current price was $910. I was sure to win with a snipe of $1177.65!

Well, my bid wasn't even recorded (bid to low). Item sold for $1556.00

Now if that other bidder had not shown up, and my snipe was 'not in time', item would have sold for $910 which is much lower than my snipe, but either way I still would have lost.

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