A few days ago, I put in a "snipe" on an Ebay auction for $36.50. The auction closed and I see NO bid by me in the bidding history and my snipe history says that my bid was too low, even though the winning bidder won the auction for a couple bucks less than my max bid. What gives?
auction:
eBayMotors Bid History for
Z1 KZ KAWASAKI STOCK VALVE SHIMS (Item # 2456161278)
Currently US $35.99 First Bid US $24.99
Quantity 1 # of bids 3
Time left Auction has ended.
Started Jan-23-04 13:41:43 PST
Ends Jan-28-04 13:41:43 PST
Seller (Rating) partsmama1( 257)
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Bidding History (Highest bids first)
User ID Bid Amount Date of Bid
bio44( 223) US $35.99 Jan-28-04 13:41:27 PST
rit-89( 330) US $34.99 Jan-28-04 05:26:31 PST
$riv( 79) US $25.00 Jan-26-04 20:35:01 PST
Remember that earlier bids of the same amount take precedence.
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This is the record of the snipe in my account:
item=2456161278> US $ 36.50 2 5 1/28/2004 1:41:43 PM My Snipes Bid Too Low
What am I doing wrong here? Did I do something wrong that screwed up my bid or was the issue with auctionsniper.com? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!
wiredgeorge
Mico TX
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