Gixen error?

Kenn159 · Guest

Hi All
Just want to say "great program'.. i have used Gixen quite a few times over the last couple years or so, and have been very happy with it.
Although something happened today that confused me a bit..I put in a ebay bid with Gixen for $106.00 during the last few minutes of the auction..I lost the winning bid, and Gixen says I was outbid... the winning bid amount was $105.50.
I'm wondering if Gixen had a error glitch, or did i put in the bid to late?
Thanks, Ken

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7241

Ken, what is the item number?

Guest · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 5:27 pm Post subject:

Hi
the item number is
330539617301

mario · Site Admin Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7241

Ken, the status is "bid under asking price", not "outbid". It's not enough that your bid is higher, it has to be higher for a certain increment. Google for "ebay bid increments" and you will understand.

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Guest · Posted: Mon Mar 14, 2011 7:52 pm Post subject:

Ok, so the highest bidder doesn't always win?

In reading ebay bidding increment's, it states that items priced between $ 100.00 - $ 249.99 have bidding increments of $ 2.50.

So if I'm understanding this correctly, although my bid price of $106.00 was higher than the winning bidder's price of $105.50, I would have had to bid $108.00 for ebay to recognize mine as a higher bid?

And if i would have gotten my bid in first, ebay would have recognized mine and not his, because there was less that $2.50 separating the two bids?
Is this correct?
Thanks, Ken

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7928 Location: Bristol, UK

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:17 pm Post subject:

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Yours is an excellent example of why it is an advantage to schedule a higher offset and NOT a lower one.
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Thanks for the info.
By offset you mean, increase the time to greater than 6 seconds before the end of the auction?

I wonder if it would be technically possible within Gixen, to set up 2 different snipes, with 2 different end times..... say, 6 seconds before, and 12 seconds before end of auction.
Snipe amounts could be the same, or more than likely would need to be slightly different, with the last being slightly higher.

Do you any benefit of this approach?

Guest · Posted: Sat Mar 19, 2011 2:18 pm Post subject:

[quote="Anonymous"]Quote
Yours is an excellent example of why it is an advantage to schedule a higher offset and NOT a lower one.
End quote

Thanks for the info.
By offset you mean, increase the time to greater than 6 seconds before the end of the auction?

I wonder if it would be technically possible within Gixen, to set up 2 different snipes, with 2 different end times..... say, 6 seconds before, and 12 seconds before end of auction.
Snipe amounts could be the same, or more than likely would need to be slightly different, with the last being slightly higher.

Do you see any benefit of this approach?

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7928 Location: Bristol, UK