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One More Newbie Question - Outbidding myself ...

P peppermintMember
Me again! Another question. Smile

I just read this FAQ am I'm a little confuzzled:

quote:
What if I place one bid using eBay by hand, and another one using Auction Sniper? Will Auction Sniper place a bid so that I outbid myself?

Our sniping system needs to be as efficient as possible when placing snipes. If we had to check to see if you are already the high bidder before we snipe it would add an extra step to the process. We like to be able to snipe no matter what to make sure we don't miss any snipes.

If you placed a bid on eBay for $10.00, then you sniped with us for $10.00, the user would get a "HIGH BIDDER" status message. But if you place a bid on eBay for $10.00, then snipe for $15.00, then you will be charged a snipe credit and the status will be "YOU WON!"
If you bid directly on eBay, you should cancel the snipe with us. There‘s not enough time to check to see if the customer is already high bidder and then snipe or not accordingly. We‘re down to seconds, and eBay can easily chew them up on the check, much less the snipe.

Some people have tried to use us just as a safety backup to an existing bid without paying. But our margins are slim and losing snipes aren‘t charged as it is, although the cost to us is the same whether you win or lose.


I have another auction for which I am current high bidder (Item number: 7151574925). My bid on ebay is $10. My max bid on ebay is $12.00 And my max bid on AS is $12.55.

Suppose this auction closes, and no one else bids (i.e., my current ebay bid of $10 is the prevailing bid). Will AS still bid my max of $12.55 regardless of whether it needs to or not?

From the FAQ above, it appears that the answer is "yes, AS is going to snipe in my max regardless of whether I'm already the high bidder."

Is that indeed the case?

Thanks!
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rickrickMember
quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
Suppose this auction closes, and no one else bids (i.e., my current ebay bid of $10 is the prevailing bid). Will AS still bid my max of $12.55 regardless of whether it needs to or not?
Yes.

quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
From the FAQ above, it appears that the answer is "yes, AS is going to snipe in my max regardless of whether I'm already the high bidder."

Is that indeed the case?
Yes.

The only time you will bid against yourself using AS is if your proxy bid is winning the auction, but it isn’t winning it by a full increment. Then, your AS snipe would increase your max bid, thereby raising your final price to the next increment.

Make sense?
P peppermintMember
quote:
Originally posted by Rick:
quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
Suppose this auction closes, and no one else bids (i.e., my current ebay bid of $10 is the prevailing bid). Will AS still bid my max of $12.55 regardless of whether it needs to or not?
Yes.

quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
From the FAQ above, it appears that the answer is "yes, AS is going to snipe in my max regardless of whether I'm already the high bidder."

Is that indeed the case?
Yes.

The only time you will bid against yourself using AS is if your proxy bid is winning the auction, but it isn’t winning it by a full increment. Then, your AS snipe would increase your max bid, thereby raising your final price to the next increment.

Make sense?


I think so.

Net - net, AS will cast my max bid to eBay as my max bid (even if I'm already winning), however eBay will only use my max bid if I'm not already winning.
rickrickMember
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Originally posted by Peppermint:
Cause I started the bidding first - then someone told me about sniping and I signed up here.
Do you happen to know if they got their referral snipes, or were they just recommending sniping and not AS specifically?



quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
But according to an answer Rick gave to my other question, this shouldn't be a problem, right?
Right, but it (proxy bidding thru ebay instead of sniping thru AS) tends to increase bidding wars, which defeats one of the primary reasons for sniping. Others tend to be more interested in something if they think others are more interested in the same something.



quote:
Originally posted by Peppermint:
Net - net, AS will cast my max bid to eBay as my max bid (even if I'm already winning), however eBay will only use my max bid if I'm not already winning.
Correct. Happy sniping.

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