Sniper Did not update current bid amount while bidding

Hi Valerie, and WELCOME to the forum.

Sorry to say that on the 'My Snipes' page only the time is updated, not the price. You must hit the update prices button to update all info, but that doesn't work well either since you can only do that once every 5 minutes.

The hard part about using AS is to enter the real absolute max you are willing to pay. Don't wait to get outbid before trying to increase your bid amount. Also note that you can not modify or cancel a bid in the last 2-3 minutes of an auction anyway.

Try this site for watching the end of an auction:
http://www.millersmiles.co.uk/auctionwatcher/auctionwatcher.html

WELCOME to the forum, Valerie!

Auction number so we could look at it?

Without further info, I'd guess it would have been difficult for you to a) realize you were outbid, and 2) get ANOTHER bid in manually if your snipe went in within the last 10-15 secs. That's why you'll read several forum posts extolling the importance of setting your snipe to your MAXIMUM bid. That way, if you win, you're happy; and if you lose, you won't mind losing to someone who paid too much.

RE: Monitoring the end of an auction realtime -- better done on ebay screen than AS screen. There are even some sites that auto update for you (Anyone care to list some?).

Oh Thank you for your reply and helpful information. The auction number for this one was 6109157088.

Thanks So Much,

Oh Thank You. I Am Glad That I Am Here Today. These Are Some Real Helpful Tips For Me To Know Getting Started. You Guys Are Great!

Valerie, welcome to our forum! Hope you'll post often with us!