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Was disappointed to lose a Sunday night auction when AS snipe was delivered ahead of schedule. I had a 10-second lead time, but according to eBay, the bid was placed 15 seconds before closing.

It appears that gave the other bidder a chance to come back and beat my by $1 with 1 second to go.

Here are the results. If my conclusion is wrong, please explain what happened.

Ends Apr-27-03 19:48:39 PDT

HE $36.15 Apr-27-03 19:48:38 PDT
ME $35.15 Apr-27-03 19:48:24 PDT
HE $35.00 Apr-27-03 19:48:27 PDT
BUBBA $31.02 Apr-27-03 18:39:20 PDT
X $25.00 Apr-25-03 07:04:29 PDT

4/27/038:05 PM

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snipersarabAuctionSniper Support

This happens on purpose.

It means snipes immeditately before yours took eBay at least an extra 5 seconds to process because eBay was running slowly.

It's meant to keep users from losing snipes because they were late. Which would happen if we didnt do this and eBay kept running slowly.

We cant control eBays speed and they slow up and down all the time. It is most dramatic on Sunday when they are most busy. It is better to do this than to miss snipes completely.

4/28/0312:07 AM

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