Proxy Outbid

Hi Maddiekeezer,
It sounds like you were outbid by someone who put in a higher bid than you and bid earlier than you. Duplicate items always seem to come up at a later time, often at an even better price. So hopefully you'll have better luck next time.
--Christine

It means that the person who won had placed a bid on ebay that had a higher maximum than the snipe you placed. In other words, they were willing to pay a lot more than you were. It would have been the same result had you bid directly. All the difference is that if you bid diectly on ebay you run the price way up. You a better off to just decide what is the maximum you are willing to pay. That if it goes over that amount it will not hurt your feelings to lose.
Then, set that bid on AS, sit back and relax. That way you: 1. Do not keep runing the price up on ebay.
2. You stand a better chance of getting the item at your price.
3. If you lose, you know that the PROXIE BID winner over paid for the item as far as you are concerned.

Remember, another one of the gizmos will be along again, and this time you just may get it at your price without running the price up

Good luck.