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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>Ramona</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: Fri Apr 10, 2015 1:56 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>kuanyin wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote">:shock: Wow, I knew about increments, but I had no idea it would be that high at that price. I thought 3.88 would cover it. I am even more bummed now.</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /><span style="color: darkblue">Don't understand why you are "bummed". <br /> <br />When you snipe an auction, you must do it <span style="text-decoration: underline">at the highest price you would be happy to pay for the item</span>. If you sniped at $293.88, I would assume that it was because you would not have been willing/happy to have bought the item at $293.89. If you would have been willing/happy to pay $293.89 (or more), then why did you set your snipe as low as $293.88?</span></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>anniesdollys</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: Fri Apr 10, 2015 12:47 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: won by 1 cent</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">$293.88 would have won if your bid had gone in first, a good reason not to snipe too close to the end of the auction.. I won this one by 1 cent! My bid went in at 6 seconds, and the underbidder at 3 seconds. Thanks Mario! <br />Member Id: r***o( 709Feedback score is 500 to 999) US $139.99 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:16 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: r***o( 709Feedback score is 500 to 999) US $139.99 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:16 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: e***e( 599Feedback score is 500 to 999) US $139.98 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:19 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: u***s( 776Feedback score is 500 to 999) US $79.99 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:17 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: e***b( 1022Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $55.00 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:17 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: e***b( 1022Feedback score is 1000 to 4,999) US $55.00 <br /> 20-Feb-15 16:08:17 AEDST <br /> <br />Member Id: e***e( 599Feedback score is 500 to 999) US $47.99 <br /> 20-Feb-15 15:59:06 AEDST</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 Jul 10, 2014 1:37 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Though you may not be happy, you must concede that it is Ebay with which you have a quarrel and Gixen did exactly what it was supposed to do and as much was possible under the conditions. <br /> <br />The Gixen status values are generally well chosen, this one was 'BID UNDER <span style="font-weight: bold">ASKING</span> PRICE' it was not 'BID UNDER <span style="font-weight: bold">AUCTION</span> PRICE' precisely because the situation that occurred on your auction is quite common.</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>kuanyin</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 Jul 09, 2014 5:46 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">You haven't specified the item id, but I assume that the reason why you lost is ebay bid increments. It's *not* enough that your bid is higher than the winning bid, it has to be higher for a certain bid increment. In that price range that increment is $5. <br /> <br /></td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br /> <br /> :shock: Wow, I knew about increments, but I had no idea it would be that high at that price. I thought 3.88 would cover it. I am even more bummed now.</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: Wed Jul 09, 2014 3:29 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">You haven't specified the item id, but I assume that the reason why you lost is ebay bid increments. It's *not* enough that your bid is higher than the winning bid, it has to be higher for a certain bid increment. In that price range that increment is $5. <br /> <br />See <a href="http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increments.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://pages.ebay.com/help/buy/bid-increments.html</a></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>kuanyin</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 Jul 09, 2014 3:24 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Message says I bid under asking price???</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I'm not good at math, but I think a bid of 293.88 should beat the asking price and winning bid of 290.00?! I have the mirror service too, very bummed out right now. :cry:</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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