[Cupid]

The Gixen snipe amount has always been the maximum amount that you are prepared to bid on the item.

That remains the case with items that you buy from private sellers in the UK, and now includes the amount that they charge you as a buyer.

This is is exactly the same as when you place a bid manually via the site.

It's actually ebay that takes off the buyers premium in order to show a lower bid amount than was actually entered by the potential buyer.