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Would AS bid against self?

J jasmineMember
Suppose someone does a normal, manual bid on an item and is the only bidder. Then the person finds out about AS and decides to use it on the same auction. How would it work?

My guesses:
Scenario 1: No one else bids--then the manual bid is the winning bid, no AS made.

Scenario 2: Other bids make someone else the highest bidder. Then AS works as normal.

Scenario 3: Other bids, but manual bid is still showing as highest bidder. AS bid has higher max. AS kicks in only after manual bid max is passed.

Am I right?
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B brainwoodMember
Well I got charged even though my bid was manual!

I wasn't expecting to be around at the time the auction finished so I added a snipe.. It turned out that I was around so I tried to cancel the snipe but it failed, but I bid manually on ebay about 50 seconds before the auction finished. Both my manual bid and snipe were set to $725. eBay showed that I was the high bidder immediately after my manual bid.

Auction sniper still took the credit AND charged me for it.. $7.25.. The ebay item is 270513984366 - take a look at the bid history and times for yourself.. My lead time was set to 12 seconds.

So, no, in theory you won't be charged, but in practice, yes you will be. Mad
rickrickMember
quote:
I tried to cancel the snipe but it failed
http://www.auctionsniper.com/faqsnipes.aspx#snipes1
You cannot add, modify, or cancel a snipe if there is less than 5 minutes left until the auction ends.



quote:
Both my manual bid and snipe were set to $725.
http://www.auctionsniper.com/faqbasics.aspx#basics15
The help text IS misleading about when a charge is applied if the user has a duplicate pre-existing manual high bid:
If you placed a bid on eBay for $10.00, then you sniped with us for $10.00, the user would get a "HIGH BIDDER" status message. But if you place a bid on eBay for $10.00, then snipe for $15.00, then you will be charged a snipe credit and the status will be "YOU WON!"
C chatterMember
quote:
Originally posted by brainwood:
Well I got charged even though my bid was manual!

I wasn't expecting to be around at the time the auction finished so I added a snipe.. It turned out that I was around so I tried to cancel the snipe but it failed, but I bid manually on ebay about 50 seconds before the auction finished. Both my manual bid and snipe were set to $725. eBay showed that I was the high bidder immediately after my manual bid.

Auction sniper still took the credit AND charged me for it.. $7.25.. The ebay item is 270513984366 - take a look at the bid history and times for yourself.. My lead time was set to 12 seconds.

So, no, in theory you won't be charged, but in practice, yes you will be. Mad


Um, not sure what you mean. My post above stated that there WOULD be a charge for the snipe.
B brainwoodMember
quote:
Originally posted by Rick:
The help text IS misleading about when a charge is applied if the user has a duplicate pre-existing manual high bid:
If you placed a bid on eBay for $10.00, then you sniped with us for $10.00, the user would get a "HIGH BIDDER" status message. But if you place a bid on eBay for $10.00, then snipe for $15.00, then you will be charged a snipe credit and the status will be "YOU WON!"


Yeah exactly.. I'm not sure if that is misleading - it sounds pretty straight forward.

Eg. I put a snipe down for $725 on an item. I bid $725 manually on that item... The item goes for $725. AuctionSniper claims victory.. From the help text, AuctionSniper should not charge for that yeah? Maybe I just manually bid too late for AuctionSniper to update the status.

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