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I got an AS notice that my snipe wasn't placed, see reason above--and reason says READY. The item closed with no bidders--I would have won. I am kind of upset. What happened here??

Notice:
Auction Sniper Snipe Status Report
eBay Item: NIB! Waring Primo Pasta & Dough Maker
(Item # 2333072357)

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Status Summary: Ready
Your snipe could not be placed because of the reason above
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Did you click to find out the reason?
If the snipe was set to go off this evening, chances are high the lead time was the problem. E-Bay has a lot of auctions that end on Sunday night, and you need to leave plenty of time (about 20 seconds, maybe more) in order to get them through to e-Bay. Their computers back up and things slow down. It's even worse if the auction ended on an hour, half hour, or quarter hour because of the huge volume of auctions that end at those times. If the lead time was the problem, as I suspect, the same thing would have happened if you'd tried sniping manually. AS tries to adjust for these delays at e-Bay, but unless you leave a generous lead time on Sunday nights, chances are your bid won't get through on time.

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