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[quote="mario"]Jolie, did you see why the snipe failed? You can click on "View More Details" to see the reason. In this case ebay did not allow the bid for some "judicial" reasons.[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nigel_smith</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 11:37 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Thanks for the detailed explanation being a programmer myself, I understand the difficulties of programming under the constrains of high requests and low resources. <br /> <br />I think your solution (only allowing deletion during the last 2 minutes) is the most functional option. Followed by a short explanation on the page why this is the case, I'm sure most users would easily understand and feel more in control. <br /> <br />Thank you!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 9:57 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>nigel_smith wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">hey Mario, <br />Ofcourse I dont know the underlying details of your program, but yes as you've mentioned. If a user is raising the bid they should not have a complaint if an action goes through with a lower bid, correct?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />True, but somewhat difficult to implement. Or to put it more clearly - it takes a lot of work and testing to make sure there are no undesirable side effects. <br /> <br />Just to give you an idea - a snipe that's "in flight" already issues an additional database call very late in the process to make sure the snipe is not cancelled. This call, however, is quick as it is using a primary key to fetch the row. <br /> <br />This new logic, however, would require a snipe that's already executing to issue one more sql query that's slightly more complicated, a select query on (username, item_id). This is because every edit in the Gixen database is really update + insert. And this is, again, to make sure I can easily trace user actions when I have to handle complaints. <br /> <br />Now, this new sql query, in my opinion, makes things more complicated and unreliable as now the sniping process itself can be delayed by the possibly slow(er) database call in the critical seconds before auction end. <br /> <br />So while it's possible to implement, of course, I don't think the (slight) convenience of it is worth the risk. I would rather disable all edits (while allowing deletes) in the last two minutes than implement something like that.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nigel_smith</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:58 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">hey Mario, <br />Ofcourse I dont know the underlying details of your program, but yes as you've mentioned. If a user is raising the bid they should not have a complaint if an action goes through with a lower bid, correct? <br /> <br />So if you have these variables <span style="text-decoration: underline">doing nothing</span> shouldn't be hard to implement: <br /> <br />if (new snipe value > old snipe value && old snipe value > current ebay bid && time < enough time for new snipe){ <br />do nothing; <br />informing message; <br />}else{ <br />current code; <br />} <br /> <br />I don't see how anyone would argue that the functionality is going against their wishes if the subsequent <span style="font-weight: bold">higher</span> value edit is withheld in the benefit and consequence of their previous edit winning. <br /> <br />Of course the only caveat is people saying, "my edit didn't go through" which could be easily be explained to them with a message "Sorry, your new snipe has been placed too late, your previous snipe is still good to go, good luck!" <br /> <br />or something like that. Just suggesting here.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:24 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Nigel, <br /> <br />This used to be this way - whatever was already in the queue would get executed regardless of subsequent edits. It resulted in complaints that were of worse nature than yours. Users are far more upset with action being taken that they wanted to cancel, than no action at all. <br /> <br />No solution is good for all the situations, and this was the one least harmful. That cancelation after a late edit, while a snipe is already "in flight" wasn't trivial to implement either, and while it almost always works, it's not guaranteed either. <br /> <br />As for the suggestion to still execute the pending snipe if subsequent edit has a higher price, that's really difficult to implement, and would likely result in a mess that would be difficult both to investigate and explain to users.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:19 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I agree something should be done as this keeps being raised and the current function is not what a user would expect. <br /> <br />I would suggest that it should only be possible to delete a snipe in the last two minutes of an auction (since that seems possible) and that the user should be prevented (via the user interface) from thinking they can do anything other than that.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nigel_smith</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 6:01 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hey Cupid, <br />Its not asking for a new functionality. I'm just saying if using the edit window in the 2 minute margin practically deletes the snipe altogether it either should not be allowed or the gixen user should be offered to delete the snipe altogether. Since the current function (editing) and outcome (deleted snipe) in the 3 minute window seem misleading. <br /> <br />If i had known editing the snipe in the last two minutes makes the snipe inactive, i would have kept the 44 pounds and still had a chance to win. <br /> <br />I dint mind that i lost, the retail value is 51 pounds. But I'm suggesting somewhere here. If editing the snipe in the last 2 minutes = snipe inactivation. There should be confirmation window, or a 'delete snipe' alternative imo.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 3:33 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Nigel, <br /> <br />I can foresee many problems trying to implement what you suggest and I would not recommend attempting it. <br /> <br />What is better is for you to work out what your true maximum is and place that as a snipe well before the auction end. Changes of mind late in the auction are really incompatible with sniping.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nigel_smith</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 12:12 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hi Mario, thanks for the reply. <br /> <br />I believe, it should still go with the previous bid (which was still higher than the winning bid) even though i'm in editing mode. Let me explain this, that is i think if my edit increases the bid and gixen sees that there is not enough time left to place the new bid it should still cast the previous one if it can. In my case: <br /> <br />This item sold for GBP 41. <br />I had GBP 44 in gixen for the last three days. <br /> <br />Very close to the end of the auction i noticed the bids rising and nearing my maximum bid so i raised my 44 to 45. <br /> <br />The auction ended at 41. <br /> <br />haha. so what i'm saying is my edit was between 44->45. Auction ended at 41. It would be great if gixen would have this safety lock in place and cast a bid if it sees the gixen user can still win with their bid and when they are *raising* the price. Now if they have a change of heart to lower the price, I see how this default gixen behavior would benefit the gixen user. But if they are raising and gixen sees they can still win with the previous bid, i think gixen should take over and not let the new edit go through. And win the auction since that's whats its all about isn't it :D</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 4:09 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Nigel, the last edit was only 10 seconds before auction end, this was way to late.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nigel_smith</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 3:05 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: lost an item today while editing the maximum sum</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">The previous bid was higher than the winning bid (140553236612) but i edited it during the last 3-2 minutes just to raise it even higher but even after I did. I lost the auction because my bid was never placed. Can you please investigate this item for me, thank you!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 10:53 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">On the current price question... that is normal behaviour for Gixen, it only looks at the prices on eBay on a periodic basis, not in real time, so the proces here oftem lag those on eBay. <br /> <br />If you would like real time updates either look on eBay itself or use the Gixen Desktop Manager which runs on your own computer (provided that you have a Windows based system).</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 9:14 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Jolie, as I said, ebay did not accept the bid for some judicial reasons. Please email me and I will give the exact page received from ebay, it is logged by Gixen.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jolie</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 8:10 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Thank you, Cupid! <br />No, this was a normal bidding. A bidding like I did days before. <br />But what I noticed is, that gixen doesn't update the current price! <br />Maybe it's a connecting problem? <br />Do you have any idea what I could do? <br /> <br />Thank you for the hint, better to use "add" instead of pressing F5! :wink:</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:49 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Using F5 or the browser refresh button is not recommended with Gixen, it can occasionally cause problems with your snipes causing them to fail if you use that button after editing items. <br /> <br />A safer alternative is to press the Gixen 'Add'buuton without entering any data in the boxes. <br /> <br />That said, this does not seem to be the reason for this failure which is due to eBay not accepting your bid on that item. <br /> <br />Do you know of similar reasons why they would not accept bids on your other snipes?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jolie</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 6:53 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: sniper didn't work</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Thank you for you answer! <br />No, unfortunately I didn't check the details of Error6. <br />I think my further biddings won't work, too. :-( <br />Yes, it's quite possible that ebay doesn't want snipers and it is blocking it. <br />Is there something I can do about it? <br /> <br />Strange thing is, that F5 doesn't word as usual, too.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 6:17 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Jolie, did you see why the snipe failed? You can click on "View More Details" to see the reason. In this case ebay did not allow the bid for some "judicial" reasons.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Jolie</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 2:46 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Error06 Gixen didn't place my bid</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hi! :wink: <br />Gixen didn't place my bid, so I lost the auction, regardless I had a higher ceiling price. Behind the article line I got the message Error 06, afterwards. <br /> <br />Normally, pressing F5, data gets refreshed on Gixen and I got the message that the item already exists in my Gixen-account. A sign that it works. <br />Now, pressing F5 nothing happens. I think Gixen won't bit again when my auctions will end. <br /> <br />What is wrong with my Gixen-account? <br />Before I was very succesful using Gixen. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 6:21 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Cupid wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> <br />I wonder whether this is yet another eBay defect related to the registration of Paypal accounts on ones eBay account.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Anything is possible, but it doesn't seem related to me.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 2:58 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>mario wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">eBay has some serious problem that I haven't seen before in all these years. See <a href="http://www.gixen.com/bidincrementweird.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.gixen.com/bidincrementweird.png</a> . That's the actual page Gixen received back from ebay while trying to place a bid for you.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Since this example also includes the text: <br /> <br /></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><span style="color: red">Important:This seller requires you to have a Paypal account before you can bid on this item</span></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I wonder whether this is yet another eBay defect related to the registration of Paypal accounts on ones eBay account.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Tue May 17, 2011 4:24 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Yes, it's an obvious bug on their part, they've been making a lot of changes lately.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>MusicalMan</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 8:44 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>mario wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Absolutely, they definitely have that bug as of recently. Email me first, and I will provide you with an ebay page on which they actually say that current bid is 8.57, and "Please enter 10.07 or more".</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />I ran into this recently as well I had customer service on the line looking at it with about 10 minutes of the auction remaining. It was demanding I enter an amount higher than the next increment. They were unable to explain it, except postulated that it *might* be (which of course it shouldn't) taking into account the maximum bid entered by an earlier bidder. They were going to report the bug. I've only encountered this once... so far.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 16, 2011 4:36 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Absolutely, they definitely have that bug as of recently. Email me first, and I will provide you with an ebay page on which they actually say that current bid is 8.57, and "Please enter 10.07 or more".</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>stilhed</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 11:23 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">reg. item #220780493416 (ended at $8.57) I had stored a bid of $9.81, but got the increments error/link. should I take this up directly with ebay?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 6:16 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: lost auction</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>jostitchnsew wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">I lost this auction yesterday although my bid was higher than the winning bid. Not sure what happened - can anyone enlighten me? <br /> <br />290563210251 Pink Topaz Earrings</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />It looks like Gixen was late on this one. This happens rarely, but it does happen. Sorry about that, I hope you can find a similar item again.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>jostitchnsew</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 15, 2011 5:51 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: lost auction</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I lost this auction yesterday although my bid was higher than the winning bid. Not sure what happened - can anyone enlighten me? <br /> <br />290563210251 Pink Topaz Earrings</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Guest</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Mon May 09, 2011 8:52 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Strange. I'll check with eBay & will post back my results.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 6:58 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">eBay has some serious problem that I haven't seen before in all these years. See <a href="http://www.gixen.com/bidincrementweird.png" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.gixen.com/bidincrementweird.png</a> . That's the actual page Gixen received back from ebay while trying to place a bid for you. <br /> <br />Unless you were the high bidder at that time (which does not seem to be the case), something is wrong with the bid increment requirement. In that price range it's supposed to be $0.50, not $1.50. In fact, there is no $1.50 bid increment in any price range. <br /> <br />I would contact ebay and ask them what's going on, and email them that image. I would not mention a sniping service, as that would give them an easy way out and distract from the real problem.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>dbpass</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Sun May 08, 2011 5:06 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: lost auction - snipe didn't work?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hello, I lost this auction despite having a higher bid price than the item sold for. I set it 2 days ago and didn't change anything, including my pwds on ebay. It looks like auction ended normally. <br /> <br />Any thoughts on what happened? Here's the msg I got from Gixen. <br /> <br />From: Gixen (daemonATgixen.com) <br />Sent: Sun 5/08/11 10:40 AM <br />To: xxxxxxxxxxx <br /> <br />Item: 390310473617 <br />Title: Iron and Wine Norfolk CD Record Store Day OOP <br />Status (main): BID UNDER ASKING PRICE <br />Status (mirror): BID UNDER ASKING PRICE <br />Your maximum bid: 12.95 <br />Current price: 11.50</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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