I sniped an auction that I didn't have success with. My bid never showed up on eBay, and when I checked my snipe, I had a status of 'Did Not Win'. I checked the status comments, and that's not listed. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Mike
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If your snipe doesn't get placed it's probably due to one of the following: a) Your snipe was lower than the existing high bid; b) You may have been top bidder, but your snipe was lower than the next ebay increment; c) You may have used a low lead time or ebay experienced a hiccup (although, this problem hasn't been the case for a several weeks).
Give your snipes 8 to 10 seconds lead time. Lots of users are happy with 5 and less, but if you're sniping something very important, make it 8 or more. Ebay slows up at different times. AS tries to compensate, but they can't always make the correct adjustment. Help them and yourself with longer lead times. For Sunday evenings (prime time) and auctions that end exactly on the hour or half hour (very heavy traffic) you should use longer times. On Sunday evening auctions the members recommend 15 to 30 seconds, and for hour or half hour ending auctions AS recommends 20 to 25 seconds.
Give your snipes 8 to 10 seconds lead time. Lots of users are happy with 5 and less, but if you're sniping something very important, make it 8 or more. Ebay slows up at different times. AS tries to compensate, but they can't always make the correct adjustment. Help them and yourself with longer lead times. For Sunday evenings (prime time) and auctions that end exactly on the hour or half hour (very heavy traffic) you should use longer times. On Sunday evening auctions the members recommend 15 to 30 seconds, and for hour or half hour ending auctions AS recommends 20 to 25 seconds.
Thanks - I thought that the status message would indicate if I was too low (I was $50 higher than the high-bid), too late, or didn't meet the reserve. Nobody won because the reserve wasn't met, but when I lost one like that before, the status read 'Did not meet reserve'.
If you supply the auction #, bid amount, and lead time, one of the members might be able to help.
Sometimes you have to wait for support to get involved, because they have access to more info.
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Sometimes you have to wait for support to get involved, because they have access to more info.
You can get a free snipe here:
http://www.auctionsniper.com/freeSnipes.aspx
Thanks again - here's the info if anyone can help:
Auction #: 2728850988
Lead Time: 5 seconds
Bid Amt: $505
High Bid: $445
As mentioned before, eBay lists this as not meeting reserve, and I didn't get a status from AS indicating I fell short of reserve, didn't give enough leadtime, etc. All items that they have status messages for - just trying to find out what I did wrong :-)
Mike
Auction #: 2728850988
Lead Time: 5 seconds
Bid Amt: $505
High Bid: $445
As mentioned before, eBay lists this as not meeting reserve, and I didn't get a status from AS indicating I fell short of reserve, didn't give enough leadtime, etc. All items that they have status messages for - just trying to find out what I did wrong :-)
Mike
I can't see where you did anything wrong.
Did you have the snipe in a bid group folder?
If not, 5 seconds should have been a good lead time for a Monday at 10 AM.
AS says that 1 out of a 1,000 snipes with 5 second lead times don't make it. Unless someone else can give you better info, I'd wait for support to respond.
Did you have the snipe in a bid group folder?
If not, 5 seconds should have been a good lead time for a Monday at 10 AM.
AS says that 1 out of a 1,000 snipes with 5 second lead times don't make it. Unless someone else can give you better info, I'd wait for support to respond.
Looks like a perfectly straightforward auction to me. Day and closing time -- no problem with 5 seconds although I use 8 seconds myself. If it was in a bid group folder where something else had already been won, that wouldn't give a result of "Did not win." In that case AS wouldn't have sent in any bid at all. No, AS sent something.
My vote goes to an eBay hiccup, probably one of those momentary slowdowns that they don't write about. Tough break, but there'll be another one coming up on eBay sooner or later.
My vote goes to an eBay hiccup, probably one of those momentary slowdowns that they don't write about. Tough break, but there'll be another one coming up on eBay sooner or later.
on May 13 I got the dreaded "did not win" message.
Item # 3519744003
My bid was $100 with 10 second lead time. Winning bid was $71.60 placed 15 minutes before end of auction.
Conclusion: AuctionSniper problem?
Item # 3519744003
My bid was $100 with 10 second lead time. Winning bid was $71.60 placed 15 minutes before end of auction.
Conclusion: AuctionSniper problem?
This was posted by Sniper Sara B. (AuctionSniper Support) on May 13, 2003 03:47 PM
Our colo had a hardware problem for about 20-25 minutes from 3:12 until 3:39 ish today Tuesday 5-13.
If you missed a snipe during this time please visit: http://www.auctionsniper.com/freeSnipes.aspx
Thank you
Our colo had a hardware problem for about 20-25 minutes from 3:12 until 3:39 ish today Tuesday 5-13.
If you missed a snipe during this time please visit: http://www.auctionsniper.com/freeSnipes.aspx
Thank you