Lately I have been receiving outbid alerts with a different item description than the actual item ie:
Auction Sniper Outbid Notification
eBay Item: KLITSCHKO COLLECTION BOXSET BOXSACK HANDSCUHE Vegas NEU
(Item # 4446962421)
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Your maximum bid is EUR16.86. The current minimum bid is EUR17.99 with left before the auction ends.
In order to win this item, you will need to increase the amount of your maximum bid. Click here to increase the amount of your bid.
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The item number is correct, however, the description is for an item completely different and it is in another country...and the amount is in Euro...If I click on the link it takes me (in explorer) to the correct auction that I am bidding on. This is disturbing as I don't want to snipe something that I don't want from another country.
This is not the first time this has happened. Last time it happened the bid wasn't placed in time (maybe the finish time was wrong) but it wasn't an important win for me so I disregarded as a one-off error. Also, sometimes the auctions don't show the current bid status correctly even when refreshed. I have to go into modify snipe and update for it to show the right amount.
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