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[quote="Anonymous"][quote=\"shebwooley12\"][quote=\\\"Cupid\\\"][quote][b]shebwooley12 wrote:[/b] AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE[/quote] What were your offsets on Main and Mirror ? Can you confirm it was this same status on both servers ?[/quote] Item: 128143314575 Title: 2018 Panini Score Shohei Ohtani Blue /49 11 SGC 9.5 Rookie Seller: supremecardshop Status (main): AUCTION ENDED EARLY Status (mirror): AUCTION ENDED EARLY Your maximum bid: 351.50 Current price: 203.50 I believe main was offset to 5. Mirror offset to 3.[/quote] This happened to me last night on a different auction from the same seller. I messaged them and they said the auction did NOT end early. My max bid was $100 higher than the final sale price. Item: 128139767573 Title: 2026 Bowman Chrome Snack Pack Avery Owusu-Asiedu Peanuts Autograph /5 CPA-AOW Seller: supremecardshop Status (main): AUCTION ENDED EARLY Status (mirror): AUCTION ENDED EARLY Your maximum bid: 200.00 Current price: 102.50[/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>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: Thu Oct 29, 2026 10:29 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">There was a slowdown in eBay's responses around this time. It's rare, but it happens. There is nothing that can be done about it, unfortunately, there could have been another mirror servers and likely all three would get the same result.</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>shebwooley12</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: Thu Oct 29, 2026 5:35 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Is this two different Gixen users complaining about failed snipes with the same Ebay seller, or is it the same Gixen user complaining about two different failed snipes, but doing so from different computers ? <br /> <br />If it is different Gixen users, that might be an indication that there was some issue with this particular sellers auctions.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Actually it is both of those things. Two different Gixen users appear to have had the same problem with one eBay Seller's auctions on the same night. However, it is also true that I, one user, have had this happen to me twice in the last month (with different eBay Sellers).</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: Thu Oct 29, 2026 4:17 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Is this two different Gixen users complaining about failed snipes with the same Ebay seller, or is it the same Gixen user complaining about two different failed snipes, but doing so from different computers ? <br /> <br />If it is different Gixen users, that might be an indication that there was some issue with this particular sellers auctions.</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 Oct 26, 2026 11:35 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">[quote=\\\"Cupid\\\"]</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="font-weight: bold">shebwooley12 wrote:</span> <br />AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />What were your offsets on Main and Mirror ? <br /> <br />Can you confirm it was this same status on both servers ?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Item: 128143314575 <br />Title: 2018 Panini Score Shohei Ohtani Blue /49 11 SGC 9.5 Rookie <br />Seller: supremecardshop <br />Status (main): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Status (mirror): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Your maximum bid: 351.50 <br />Current price: 203.50 <br /> <br />I believe main was offset to 5. Mirror offset to 3.[/quote] <br /> <br />This happened to me last night on a different auction from the same seller. I messaged them and they said the auction did NOT end early. My max bid was $100 higher than the final sale price. <br /> <br />Item: 128139767573 <br />Title: 2026 Bowman Chrome Snack Pack Avery Owusu-Asiedu Peanuts Autograph /5 CPA-AOW <br />Seller: supremecardshop <br />Status (main): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Status (mirror): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Your maximum bid: 200.00 <br />Current price: 102.50</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> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>shebwooley12</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 Oct 26, 2026 10:48 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"></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="font-weight: bold">shebwooley12 wrote:</span> <br />AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />What were your offsets on Main and Mirror ? <br /> <br />Can you confirm it was this same status on both servers ?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Item: 128143314575 <br />Title: 2018 Panini Score Shohei Ohtani Blue /49 11 SGC 9.5 Rookie <br />Seller: supremecardshop <br />Status (main): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Status (mirror): AUCTION ENDED EARLY <br />Your maximum bid: 351.50 <br />Current price: 203.50 <br /> <br />I believe main was offset to 5. Mirror offset to 3.</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: Mon Oct 26, 2026 9:40 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Re: AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"><span style="font-weight: bold">shebwooley12 wrote:</span> <br />AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />What were your offsets on Main and Mirror ? <br /> <br />Can you confirm it was this same status on both servers ?</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>shebwooley12</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 Oct 26, 2026 5:48 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE has happened to me twice in the last month. It's very frustrating, since Gixen was previously reliable. <br /> <br />Most recently, this happened for eBay Item Number 128143314575. The winning bid was $203.50, and my bid was $351.50! Made me sick. <br /> <br />I am a Mirror subscriber. Does anyone at Gixen have any ideas for how to prevent this?</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>polarp</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 Oct 19, 2026 10:21 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I'll let you know if i run into anymore. Thanks for your help.</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: Mon Oct 19, 2026 9:16 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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">Would a longer offset help on the weekends? Or maybe in general?</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />No, typically when there is a problem - there is a problem, nothing helps. But to confirm, this is very rare.</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>polarp</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 Oct 19, 2026 8:41 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Would a longer offset help on the weekends? Or maybe in general?</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 Oct 19, 2026 8:28 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>Quote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">960049090426</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br />Apparently Ebay had a bit of a wobble for a minute or so when your snipe was to be submitted. <br /> <br />It's a rare occurrence, you were just unlucky to hit this one. <br /> <br />Sunday evening is definitely the most busy time for 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>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 Oct 19, 2026 8:04 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've had about two of these \"AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE\" in the past month. <br /> <br />Main shows \"AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE\" <br />Mirror shows \"AUCTION ENDED EARLY\" <br />Offset currently 6 and 3 <br />Latest on item 960049090426</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 Oct 05, 2026 7:00 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">When you say 'multiple' and 'several', please could you express this as a percentage of the snipes that you've scheduled ? <br /> <br />Are you a Mirror subscriber ? If so what offset are you scheduling for these snipes ? <br /> <br />Also if you have a subscription please can you check what status you are getting on the Mirror tab, is that also 'AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE 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>vivi870930</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 Oct 04, 2026 7:12 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Snipe Failures – “AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE”</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hello Gixen Support, <br />I have recently experienced multiple cases where my scheduled snipes failed with the message “AUCTION ENDED EARLY OR SNIPE LATE.” <br />One recent example: <br />eBay Item: 287605422556 <br />Item: POP 1 Union Arena Release Event Winner Haise Sasaki BGS Pristine 10 Black Label <br />My scheduled bid: USD 229.00 <br />Winning price: USD 205.50 <br />The auction appears to have ended normally with 25 bids, but Gixen did not place my bid. Since my maximum bid was higher than the winning price, I would like to understand why the snipe was not submitted successfully. <br />This has happened several times recently, so could you please check the server/bid logs for my account and let me know what is causing these repeated failures? <br />Thank you for your help.</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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