Snipe Offset

[Mero]

Hey, I just bought the Gixen mirror service and have a few questions.

What exactly is offset?

Im assuming the "mirror" setting is seconds before auction end that the bid is sent from mirror location.

Do I want these two settings to be the same if Im only bidding a one time max bid?

Also, when I tried to set my snipe and offset for 3 seconds I received a warning stating that I dramatically increase my chances of the snipe being late and that it actually works against me.

I can understand the snipe being late but how exactly would sending my highest bid in the last 3 seconds work against me?

Im not saying its not true Im just having a hard time seeing why this is.

Thanks.

[Cupid]

Well, it works against you if the snipe is late and eBay doesn't get it... but there are other disadvantages to being the last snipe, the bid increment rule means that eBay may reject your bid even if it is higher than the current maximum, whereas sometimes with the auction price being lower a few seconds earlier it would have been accepted with a higher offset.

Another disadvantage is due to the first bid rule on eBay, whereby in the event of two bids of the same amount being accepted from different users the earlier (larger offset) bid wins.

The values for offset are tailor-able, so that you can choose what combination works best for you, some prefer both servers to be trying to place bids at the same time, some don't.

If both servers try to place bids at the same time, sometimes eBay accepts both bids, and this is an indication to others that you are using an automated tool, some don't like that to be evident.

When the offsets are different usually the second is blocked by eBay because eBay do not allow two bids of the same amount from the same account at different times. Then the one with the lower offset is a true backup for the one with the higher offset since it only comes into play if the first one fails.
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Mark

[Sumflow]

In the case of a tie, the first bidder wins. The first loser can actually try to submit a price higher than the winner and still lose, if it is less than the minimim increment eBay needs to fire the bid, based on the current auction price.

The sweet spot is to place your order, far enough before the end, where your bid cannot be reported in time for anyone to react to your bid.

[Sumflow]

1. As long as you have the accepted maximum bid it does not matter when you place it, you win.

2. If two bids are the same price, the first one placed wins.

[Gixen]