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Yes, you can't win if your bid is not accepted.

Since it's a knife and there are restrictions on those in certain jurisdictions it could be something that Ebay has been forced to implement in order ...

Yes you are reading that correctly, the losing bidder placed many bids on that auction, outbidding themselves many times during the auction.

All their bids were before your winning one so were not ...

Drashid21,

This is an old thread from 2019.

So, you are the first to report a recent issue, in this regard.

Are you able to add snipes manually using the 'Add' button ?

The working directory of the application needs to be able to be written to by the user that is running it.

The default directory will be the one where you are running it from, but if you set up a s ...

I think Mario removed support for it, as detailed on [url=http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10231]this thread, please email him for details.

The email is on the [url=https://www.gixen.com/ ...

The auction management functions that you are performing on Gixen I generally perform on Ebay prior to any decision as to whether I'll try to snipe the auctions or not.

A later bid is not more likely to be rejected for being too late. You are however more likely to have your bid rejected due to the bid increment rule. This is because the later you wait the more bids ...

Personally, I have both Main and Mirror targets set to be my home site... so that if there are any issues with the purchase, at a later stage, it is always the customer service on my home site that I ...

Actually the vast majority of auctions allow bidding from any site.

I'd recommend that you set the target to be your home site.

If you are worried about bids getting blocked, where your delivery ...

In the payment confirmation email from Paypal there should be a reference to the Gixen id for which this subscription payment applies.

Is that the same as the Gixen id that you are logging in to ? ...

Do you have a Mirror subscription ? It's one of the settings that is only effective during a subscription.

Mario can be contacted directly via email at the support address given on the [url=https://www.gixen.com/contact.php]Contact tab above. Please always include your Gixen id in such communication.

I guess it's been like this forever, and I can't remember anyone highlighting it as a problem, till now.

The logic you suggest might be more difficult to implement than you imagine, since it involv ...

If you try to add a snipe that already exists, whether or not that snipe has a zero amount set, the web interface generates an error:

Sorry, this item is already present.

OK, only Mario has the access required to be able to look into that.

It is the default value when you import from a list, but my guess is you have not done that ?

Can you provide an example auction number that you think has had it's snipe value reset ?

I'd categorise a 'snipe' as a bid placed in the last minute or two of an auction... so I wouldn't say a bid placed 11 minutes before the auction was a snipe, no... but some might I suppose.

It was ...

The next highest bid was 42 placed more than 11 minutes before the end of he auction. Certainly Ebay would have only displayed an auction price of 9.59 until your bid was accepted, because the next hi ...

Yes, I meant the auction number, thank you.

You might find some useful information if you press the History button, but otherwise Mario is the only one with the access to be able to search the data ...

What was the auction id and what was the Gixen account id that it was scheduled on ?

Is it perhaps possible that you set up more than one snipe for the same item on more than one Gixen account ?

There used to be one, I think Mario removed support for it though.

Yes, I think this is a problem when you have both the Gixen and Ebay Apps... I believe Mario is seeing if he can find a way around it for a future version.

The [url=https://www.ebay.com/help/buying/bidding/automatic-bidding?id=4014]bid increment at that price is $25.

Therefore due to the bid increment rule, in the last 7 seconds of the auction your bi ...

Correct, it's no longer a problem.

My recommendation is to use the 'Add' button without having any new snipe details in the boxes.

Auction prices are only updated periodically on the Gixen servers though, if you want more dynamic up ...

Is this from the mobile phone interface ?

Yes, you need to renew it using the second section of the Settings page.

You need to do this at least every 18 months as Ebay expires them after that.

Also if you change any Ebay credentials it' ...

You could ask the seller if they imposed a limit and, if they did, why it is an advantage for them.

They might raise the limit as a result, which even if it doesn't help you, might help someone els ...

No, I do mean higher... the offset is the amount of time before the auction end that the bid is placed... so the higher the offset the earlier the bid.

Ebays' bid increment rule is that they don't accept any bid that is less than one bid increment more than the current auction price.

So what this is saying is that when Gixen tried to place the bid ...

Was you bid also more than one bid increment more than the current auction price, so ÂGBP 6 or more ?

What was the status that Gixen gave the snipe after it had completed ?

On the 'Bidding history' page (looking via .co.uk) it states, at the end of the bidding:

Starting price US $9.99 10 Mar 2021 at 3:26:10pm GMT

and also (just above the bids):

Bidders:9 Bids ...

You have to log in here, via the web interface, before you get the Settings button that you need to press.

I'm sorry but I'm not understanding fully what is being reported here ?

From what I can see there were only three snipe bids, all other bids were placed at least a few hours before the end of the a ...

I agree that this would be a better alternative to the Contingency group operation and something I would use up to once per week.

Part of being a successsful sniper is to have a good idea of what the items are worth, or more specifically what you are willing to pay for them... There's not really any shortcuts for that, the more ...

You are correct that the highest accepted bid will always win on Ebay, no matter when that bid is placed.

I wouldn't recommend bidding the highest amount that you are willing to pay early though, t ...

Yes, I believe any form of subscription lifts this limit for its duration.

The Copyright notice should probably be updated as it currently implies that it hasn't been updated since 2015.

Thanks for coming back and letting us know.

You can't edit or delete posts once they are here.

There's nothing wrong with this one though, so I won't delete it.

I think its actually useful f ...

Unfortunately, Ebay hasn't implemented any way for a buyer to know when these kind of limits have been set. You could ask them to do so, but I wouldn't hold my breath even if they agreed that might be ...

Perhaps this was a temporary issue for you ?

I can't reproduce it at present.

If you still have an issue please can you be more specific about where the failure occurs and what error messages yo ...

I think you have to enable a chunk, at the top of the Settings page, before it will result in your Mirror subscription being current until the expiry of that chunk.

I would first try a password of around 10 characters.

However, if you don't wish to do that, or require more detailed support I think you will need to contact Mario direct, via email, at the suppor ...

Yes, because Gixen doesn't log into Ebay in the same way that you do.

It uses the authorisation you have given it to place bids on your behalf. In fact Gixen doesn't even know what your Ebay passw ...

Yes, you would... however, sooner or later, two bidders are going to do the same and one of them will end up paying something close to that.

Therefore, my advice would always be to set the snipe am ...

There are a few Gixen related features that relate to a Country.

The first on the Settings page changes the Gixen links on the snipe page.

The second (target) also on the Settings page changes ...

Yes, as you imply, this is correct operation.

The auction is listed in Canadian Dollars, therefore all bids have to be in Canadian Dollars and you need to specify your snipe amount in Canadian Doll ...

the new look looked so much like the eBay

The site hasn't changed how it looks, the change described is in the processing that happens when you log in, not in how it looks after you are logged in. ...

Gixen is a service.

What this means is that it uses it's own servers to place the bids, so your computer is not involved at all in the actual bidding process and doesn't need to even be powered up ...

Sorry, this item is already present.

This is the message you get if you try to add a snipe for an item for which you've already scheduled a snipe. I don't think that is the root cause of your issue ...

Yes, unfortunately that is the way Ebay has always worked.

Sellers have to pay extra to impose reserve prices and are not allowed to place ordinary bids on their own items.

Close to the top of the bidding page it says 'Reserve met'.

This means the seller must have set the reserve at ÂGBP 70, and this was what you were bidding against.

Yes, the highest bid that is accepted always wins on Ebay.

Take care not to revise your snipe in the last two minutes of the auction as that can result in the snipe just being cancelled without the ...

It's unlikely that the additional checks, over and above what Gixen was already doing in the background to update auction prices periodically, is going to make any difference to how Ebay promotes thos ...

Fuzzbean,

Gixen has always periodically updated the auction price, all this is doing is additionally updating up to 20 of them when you log in to Gixen.

You'd have to ask Ebay how their algorith ...

No, you're right, it doesn't.

Perhaps it is a problem with your browsers handling of cookies, if you have something that deletes them for instance.

OK, I haven't reproduced this problem yet.

You also appear to be the first to be reporting it.

Is this with or without a Mirror subscription on your account ?

Have you tried just using the lower case version of your credentials?

Gixen doesn't seem to be case sensitive in terms of usernames, I can log in here both with and without capitalising my username ...

This does seem to have been an Ebay issue, I experienced similar and it sorted itself out a few hours later.

Have you renewed the authorisation as mentioned in earlier posts ?

I'm a bit confused as to the problem you are reporting.

Is it a problem with the Autosnipe extension for the Chrome browser, with the website interface itself, or both ?

I presume this is via the second section of the Settings page ?

Once you initiate the process by selecting the link I think you do need to complete it, by logging into Ebay and confirming the setti ...

Ebay does tend to impose limits on new accounts, especially when they don't have verification of identity and/or a payment method saved, like a credit card.

However, as you say that wouldn't explai ...

Sniping appointments ?

Via which service, which applies to the health service of which nation/s ?

To be honest, the target setting is unlikely to be the cause of this failure message.

However, if you do live in the UK and your shipping address is thus also in the UK, I'd recommend you do set yo ...

It's the same as when a web server is not responding for any site, how it's displayed depends n the browser and how it handles a lack of response.

I've had a timeout like this once in the last day, nothing before that.

Lastmarine,

The issue with Ebay rejecting valid authoritarians was resolved the day it occurred.

Of course that does not mean they now accept authorisations that have been invalidated.

Most l ...

You can reset your Gixen password [url=https://www.gixen.com/forgotpassword.php]here, which is accessed via the [url=https://www.gixen.com/register_oa.php]Sign Up page.

No, your Gixen id is entirely separate from your Ebay id and it is recommended that you do not use any of the same credentials here as you do on Ebay, though obviously that can't be enforced.

You c ...

Yes, that sounds fine. This is why target sites are provided as an option.

Timing is relative to the auction, so it doesn't matter which time zone the site that it was listed on is in.

They are now under:

My Ebay->Activity->Watching

If it did prove possible to do something, it would have to be an option that by default was disabled.

I know some snipers still want to be able to snipe things that the seller has not set up the sh ...

For the reasons I've explained above I don't think it will be possible for Gixen to cancel your snipe in these circumstances.

As I also tried to explain, if sellers really don't want to have to de ...

Yes the snipe will be fine... Ebay doesn't limit the number of valid bids you can place on an auction.

Any bid that you could place yourself can also be placed via the Gixen server, at the time you ...

All you need to do to sort it out is log in here via the web interface, push the Settings button on the snipes page and then the option you need is the second on the page that comes up.

It costs no ...

Presumably the seller just removed the shipping price for your country ?

What they did not do is block sales to your country, which Ebay does give them the ability to do. This is what Ebay would re ...

As ebay does not have lists anymore

Ebay hasn't removed lists.

OK, for anyone else's benefit, these things are configurable since different offsets favour different scenarios, and therefore there is no universally agreed 'best' setting.

Personally, I prefer of ...

What status was the snipe given by Gixen after the auction had completed ?

Were you making changes late on, your description of what happened seems to imply that perhaps you were making changes at ...

I think it already notifies you when there is a newer version required.

You should be able to activate them at the top of the Settings page after you have logged in here via the web interface.

I don't know whether you need to do this before setting up he snipes, but if ...

What would it's function be ?

To indicate when the seller has updated the listing in some way ?

Since Gixen ids are entirely different to Ebay ids, changing your Ebay credentials should not have made any difference to being able to access you Gixen id with unchanged credentials.

Changing Ebay ...

Refunds can be arranged by contacting Mario direct via email at the support address given on the [url=https://www.gixen.com/contact.php]Contact tab above. Please include as many details as you can, in ...

I seem to have missed this, and it looks like it's already been resolved as detailed [url=http://www.gixen.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10174]here.

This has been suggested a number of times over the years and, to be honest, I've never been convinced it has merit.

For me it represents flawed thinking... "I'm prepared to pay more if the pri ...

Changing your Gixen password or the authority for that account to act for you on Ebay, should not have affected the assignment of the Mirror subscription to your account.

In the payment email from ...

I don't speak German, so I'm answering this:

I have placed a bid for an item that has not been carried out. Item number 303874258597. I cannot reach the seller via ebay either. My mails on ebay are ...

I'm not fluent in French, sorry.

Is this a problem only on your smartphone or also with the website on your PC ?

If so what type of smartphone are you using, Android or Apple ?

Are you gettin ...

Most likely you need to renew the authorisation for Gixen to access your Ebay account in the second section of the Settings page. It doesn't cost you anything and only takes a couple of minutes to com ...

If you've tried all that then your next step will need to be to contact Mario direct via email at the support address given on the [url=https://www.gixen.com/contact.php]Contact tab.

Please make su ...

No, your Gixen id and password are entirely separate from your Ebay id and it is recommended that you do not use the same ones for both.

You authorise that your Gixen account can place bids on your ...

Perhaps those users have not specified that their balance is their preferred method of payment.

PS: Just as an aside to answer the other query, this forum is deliberately not configured to use Gixe ...

Yes, you should change your target(s) to be the UK site.

I am also registered on the Nectar scheme and this works for me.

There isn't a downside for someone that lives in the UK and wants things ...

2 minutes to be safe.

I would expect updates to be posted here as and when the issue is resolved.