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I agree, expanding the current FAQ page would be a good idea.

Here's one I think we need:

Q: Why was my snipe not submitted?

A: There are a quite a number of reasons:

Caused by the bid it ...

While it's always annoying when bids don't go, keep in mind that you can never know if you would have won. You may have set up a bid higher than the winning bid, but your bid still may have been less ...

[[Perhaps this could be made *sticky* for the support forum]]?

Just a friendly reminder that you can use the search function in the forum to find a topic before you post your own. This will save yo ...

Yes, you're right of course. I meant it more theoretically. Smile

I've heard it recommended to people that don't like snipers (or that find it hard to come up with a maximum bid) to imagine the auctio ...

I don't use 'Groups' or 'Contingency Groups' ... because everything I attempt to snipe I want to win.

I think the groups are excellent for commonly occuring identical items, such as CD's, DVD's et ...

I'm not sure what an AROBASE is, but [url=http://www.gixen.com/forumadmin/viewtopic.php?t=504]this thread seems to deal with the issue.

Wouldn't it be nice if they announced what they were doing beforehand...

Yes, but step #2 is the hard part Smile

. No one likes being outbid by a few cents.

I think you are right about Gixen sticking to the basics - it certainly does seem to work well.

And I hope you don't think I was too harsh. I often write macros for things that I really don't need ...

It's amusing to read all the obscure things people want Gixen to do Smile

I don't want to discourage suggestions, but sometimes you have to wonder how many times you'd actually want to do something. M ...

I think Cupid is right:

Note: A bidder may be outbid by less than a full increment. This would happen if the winning bidder's maximum bid beats the second highest maximum by an amount less than the ...

Good point juangrande, but this still doesn't address which of the snipes will be sent first (even by microseconds) by Gixen.

I'm guessing that it's unpredictable (based on minor fluctuations in se ...

I tried (and failed) to find a quote by... ummm John Lennon perhaps? (not knowing the author didn't help) about him coming to the point where he felt free to write meaningless song lyrics that sounded ...