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Hi again folks,

Second snipe ended yesterday... what did I do wrong? I placed my max bid for the item; lost it because of "reserve not met," but ebay took the minimum required bid, not the max. (That is: the minimum bid required on the item was $9.99, and I was the only bidder; I was prepared to go up to $25, but ebay did not register any amount above the $9.99.) I'm guessing it was because the time from the first bid (3 seconds) to the close of the auction was too short, and so the turnaround response from ebay to AS then back again could not happen.

What *should* I have done?! Confused

Cheers,
Bob

PS Thanks all for those helpful replies on the query yesterday (still no word on that but will advise when something happens).
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You did everything right, but the reserve price was more than $25.

AS does not bid incrementally. It's eBay that does the proxy thing. AS sends your MAX amount, first time, every time. >eBay Help Page<

At eBay, the current price does not jump to the reserve price untill it is met or exceeded. Before and after that, the current price is displayed just as it would be for an auction with no reserve.

This is actually a good thing for the bidder. Nobody but you (and eBay's computers) know the max you were willing to pay.

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