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I used auctionsniper and lost a bid, but the timing in the ebay bid history does not make sense to me. The bidding end time was 11:27:27. My snipe time was set up to be 5 seconds prior to bid end, or 11:27:22. The actual ebay bid history goes as follows:
9:24:24 $77 by bidderA
11:27:20 $85 by me
11:27:10 $86 by bidderC
My high bid was set at $85, so I understand why I lost, and I understand that the 5 second offset request gets modified based anticipated delays. I don't uderstand why bidderC won at 11:27:10, when according to the history, my bid did not go in until 10 seconds later. I would have thought bidderC would have shown a bid of $78 at 11:27:10 since that would ahve been the next logical increment above the existing $77, then my bid would have won at $79 at 11:27:20. What am I missing in understanding this?
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At 11:27:10 bidder C's bid would have shown the amount of $78--just enough to be the then current high bidder. Then, when your snipe arrived at 11:27:20 eBay's proxy system took hold and pushed his/her bid up high enough to beat your snipe. It's possible that his/her bid was $111 or $93.37 or some other amount.

Remember, it's not the last bid that wins, it's the highest. Bidder C had a higher bid. And the only way to know another bidder's highest bid is to beat it.

That's why you ALWAYS bid that max your willing to pay when you snipe. That way if you lose, it's because someone was willing to pay more than you were.
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bob h didn't understand why he didn't win the auction, so he asked for help....star_trkr gave a good answer....yea star !!! Some of us know the question has been asked many many times, and is in the archives of the forums...It's just that some folks aren't into reading/finding the answers in the past posts...they want/need an answer in the present(now)....Welcome to A.S. forum, bob h .....have a feeling you will be a good addition.... Smile Smile

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