My snipe got sniped

It can be a little frustrating when you get sniped by another sniper. But remember, a snipe bid is still the same as placing a last second proxy bid manually on eBay. The person who sniped 2 seconds before you, may have had a maximum bid that actually several dollars higher than yours. There is really no way to know what that maximum was. But when your snipe bid arrived, eBay's system raised their bid (by proxy) to the next bid increment, which was apparently $1.

gotchya,

thanks, I understand what your are saying. The winning bidder placed a snipe bid more than a dollar higher than mine but all he needed was just the dollar. Think I am just a little frustrated cause this is the fourth time I've been sniped. After being sniped three times I figured if you can't beat'em join but still the same result. But every dog has his day and there seems to be plenty of the item I want.