My bid was higher, but sniper says 'Bid under asking price

[surenhos]

1. The sniper didn't work, even though my bid was higher. The bid that won was $51 and my bid was $142.50. Not sure why I didn't win.

2. Item #: 144226816810

[Cupid]

As shown at the bottom of this page:

https://www.ebay.co.uk/bfl/viewbids/144226816810

there was a bid retraction, for a US $250.00 bid, 1 second before the auction ended.

So the auction price must have been higher than your snipe up until the last second.

It looks to be a pretty clear example of what is known as bid shielding, which is against Ebay rules. I'd recommend reporting it to Ebay and pointing it out to the seller.
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Mark

[mario]

Gixen tries to counter this, but it doesn't always have enough time left between bid retraction and auction end to submit your bid.

[Guest]

Thanks for providing this feature Mario, much appreciated!

[Gixen]