Is anyone else having trouble with bidgroups?

...issues going on here.

First off, haven't seen ya in a while! Glad to see ya!

Second, in the recent revision of bid groups, the way they NOW seem to work is when you WIN your set number of items in the bid group, any remaining scheduled snipes are NOT just cancelled like they were in the past -- they ARE DELETED! I and a few other forum members kind of preferred the old way.

Third, setting a bid group up for multiple wins and it defaulting to ONE WIN is DEFINITELY a bug and you should report it to AS pronto. Glad the bug was found, but sorry you missed out on your wins.

Jabbergah                                                  

Shirley, it's been a while! Glad to see you!

Shirley, HI !

The '1 of 1' instead of '1 of 2' is the problem.

Haven't used bid groups lately, but from reading on the forum AS changed how they handle 'extra' snipes in a bid group. It used to be they kept these, but didn't bid on them. AS now deletes remaining snipes once you've won the number you want.

Could be a problem created when they made this change, or a mistake you made when setting up the group. (You seem to be a smart lady, but had to include the latter as a possibility )

(edit) just not fast enough....

Thanks for the welcome back -- nice to be remembered (grin). We've actually been pretty busy at work for the last couple of weeks, which is a nice change of pace! But means I've GOTTA start getting some sleep... And once you miss a day or two here, it's SO HARD to catch up! You people are just so entertaining, it takes hours to read all the wonderful posts! (or to read through all the ho-hum ones so you don't miss the gems...)

I did manage to relocate the second auction in my bid-group, which is also ending tonight, and it has already gone way over my max. So no major loss. But yes, I filed a support case. I agree, I don't like the idea that the rest of the auctions would just be deleted -- what if I changed my mind and wanted three instead of two? Or the seller contacts me right after the end of the auction to say "Oops, it broke"? Or you're searching for different versions, and you end up with A and C but you want to go back for B? All that research, all those notes, down the drain...

Oh, well, I guess it's still better than the alternative -- either submitting myself to a proxy-war or spending my whole day in front of the computer instead of having a nice dinner with friends.


So which of the umpteen-gazillion topics in the past two weeks is a "don't miss"? (grin)

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Originally posted by Puppy Raiser:

(You seem to be a smart lady, but had to include the latter as a possibility )

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Thanks for the vote of confidence, puppy -- but since my resume isn't involved here, I'll be the first to admit that I'm certainly capable of making a mistake. Don't THINK so in this case, though, since I double checked. After all that strangeness a couple of weeks ago (deleted auctions that kept reappearing) I wasn't taking any chances... or so I THOUGHT...

Anyway, no major harm done. It's a computer game -- not something I actually NEED!

Gads, Shirley, you know us...we think everything we are saying is of the utmost importance!

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Originally posted by Mrs.M:
Gads, Shirley, you know us...we think everything we are saying is of the utmost importance!

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...which is why I usually spend so much time catching up... Don't want to miss anything!

Lol! That poor cat had too much catnip!!

...cat & smiley, Mrs.M. CRAZY cat, Shirley!

I just e-mailed a suggestion to AS that included a suggestion to double check the win number of bid groups is working correctly. I also requested the old practice of CANCELLING, not deleting, leftover bid group snipes be restored. We'll see what happens.

Jabbergah                                                  

Great, Jabber!

Thanks, jabber, -- I'll second the suggestion as soon as I get a reply from support.

Dunno about the catnip thing, though, Mrs. M. It just makes my cats lie around and stare at the pretty lights... (grin)

Shirley - Until this gets sorted out, it may be best to put bid group items also on your ebay watch list, just so you could find them again and re-import them to AS if needed.

Just an idea.