Auction ended early

jhy8555 · Guest

Ebay item number 152084733221

I place a bid through Gixen of $69.99. The bid ended at $20.50, why did I not win the bid when my bid was placed days before the item ended?? I have used your premium service for sometime and have been very happy, but I really wanted this item.
WHAT HAPPEN AND WHAT WENT WRONG.
Thank you in advance for any help you
Can offer. Also any information of what went wrong.
Sincerely,
Jay H Youngman
775 745 7031

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 8004 Location: Bristol, UK

Was the snipe Mirrored?

If so, did you also receive a status of 'Auction ended early' on the Mirror tab as well as on the Main one?
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teodule · Guest

Hi guys,

first thanks for all excellent work you do.
It is the first time I had the same issue on this auction: 311609152394
My highest bid was set on 59,81 EUR.May be you want to investigate what happened.
Kind regards,

PS I changed my highest bid to 59,82 after the auction was closes and were surprises to see that the system accepted this action.

Cupid · Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 8004 Location: Bristol, UK

Yes, Gixen will allow you to set snipes on auctions that have already completed... it is just pointless for you to do so.

Was it a Mirrored snipe?.. If so did you get the same status on the Mirror tab?

Another thing that might be significant, at the moment, is the offset that was used, was it less than 6 seconds on both servers?

You might also find it useful to read the other recent threads that Mario has contributed to over the past couple of days.
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teodule · Guest

Hello Cupid,

actually no it wasn't a mirrored snipe... I now realise the importance of the mirror.
KR.
Teo