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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 3:06 pm Post subject: Lost Bid |
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Hi. I didn't win this item I was bidding on and I notice that my sniping bid didn't even show up in the automatic bids did I screw up somehow?
thanks.
Item #220646472701
Ebay ID: Radioactive_Slurpee. |
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mario Site Admin
Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7131
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Radioactive_Slurpee, you did nothing wrong.
It seems that there was a time server problem around the time your snipe was about to be placed, and this caused it to be late. I am sincerely sorry about this - I hope you can find a similar item again. |
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Posted: Sat Aug 07, 2010 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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No problem thanks for answering my question. |
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MZ-Fan Guest
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:56 am Post subject: same problem |
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Hi Folks,
I had the same problem.
My bid was about 4 euro and the item was bought by 3,66 euro.
At gixen.com I read "your bid was too low"
BUT
it wasn't!!!
Where was the problem?
Is it also the server?
Thanks a lot |
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 8:56 am Post subject: same problem |
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Cupid
Joined: 09 Aug 2007 Posts: 7599 Location: Bristol, UK
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 9:06 am Post subject: |
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MZ-Fan,
Most likely your problem was not the same, eBay has a bid increment rule that dictates that a bid is not accepte unless it is at least one increment above the current auction price, in this range the bid increment is 0.50, see:
http://pages.ebay.de/help/buy/bid-increments.html _________________ Mark |
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MZ-Fan Guest
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 12:07 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for your help
But I can't understand how there is a price of 3,66 is possible if the bid increment is 0.50 euro, because if there a 0.50 steps this price isn't possible...
But I understood the problem why the programm did not bid.
Thanks
mz-fan |
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mario Site Admin
Joined: 03 Oct 2006 Posts: 7131
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Posted: Wed Aug 11, 2010 2:24 pm Post subject: |
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MZ-Fan wrote: | Thanks for your help
But I can't understand how there is a price of 3,66 is possible if the bid increment is 0.50 euro, because if there a 0.50 steps this price isn't possible...
But I understood the problem why the programm did not bid.
Thanks
mz-fan |
It is possible - e.g. if current high bidder's maximum bid is 3.16, however the current high bid is 2.50, and another bidder places maximum bid of 4.00 or higher, the price will jump to 3.16 + 0.50 = 3.66. This is just one scenario of how this can happen, not the only one. |
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