Newbie - first snipe lost | Auction Sniper

newbidderMember

Can anyone confirm if this is my fault, or something wrong with AuctionSniper.

I just tried my first ever snipe - 2 items in a bidgroup. My snipe failed with a message 'Did not Win'. My max bid was 102 with a lead time of 7, and the item sold for 79 ??? Looking for the explanation, I clicked on the confirmation button, and get "Confirmation for this item is not available."

Is this related to the problems mentioned earlier in the week ? The news forum messages seem to indicate that any problems like this are now fixed ?

1/30/0511:29 AM

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falcongalMember

Without any more information it's impossible to tell you what happened for sure. On Sundays a lead time of 7 seconds is usually too short, and if the auction ended on the hour, half hour, or quarter hour it more than likely was too short.

EBay's circuits get backed up because of all the auctions ending around those times.

You might want to take a look at this: <<click here>>

1/30/0512:12 PM

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mrsmMember

AS is working as far as I know. I just won one, not on an hour, etc. that was set at 8 seconds.

1/30/0512:46 PM

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dudeMember

Auction Sniper does claim that "Currently, Auction Sniper successfully places 99.9% of all snipes with 5 second lead times".

I think this claim should be modified.

I don't think "all" actually means "all".

I use Auction Sniper a lot, and I know I am not near 99.9% successfully. I see the "did not win" messages a few times a month (easy).

2/3/051:46 PM

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