Not in Time

Is it possible it did not place the bid, because you were already the high bidder for this item?

I'm not sure if the system checks this, but I used another service once that took that factor into account before sniping.

Right, you cannot outbid yourself.





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Mrs.M

I agree that if the the bid had been in time, it could not have been placed, because I had already outbid myself. However the report "not in time" suggests that the bid was not placed in time. The ebay message under confirmation says that the auction had ended, not that the bid was too low.

As I see it, either auctionsniper failed to place the bid, or it swindled itself by allowing me to avoid paying for the snipe by outbidding myself.

provided that your later bid is higher than the first. If you are the only bidder, the later bid will not increase the high bid and in the bid history both bids will appear as the same amount.

We placed it at 11 seconds. eBay just didnt process it till after the auction closed.

Goes to show that even during non peak times, with large lead times such as 11 seconds not every snipe is going to make it.

I would call that out of the ordinary though. Maybe 1 in 2500 or so like that at non peak times with very good lead times such as yours.

At least our confirmation shows we did indeed snipe so you know we didnt fail. Although in part I suppose by it not being in time. Sometimes when eBay slows up and down like that for just a few seconds we cant adjust quickly enough to snipe further ahead. They probably slowed down by 10-15 seconds right then then right back up for whatever reason such things happen.

Thanks for the replies. It was a great buy for me, so perhaps there was a little Ebay blip that shut out all the other snipes as well. It seems like I should stick to my mixed style, multiple bid approach to bidding, at least for the items I really want.