Auction ended early - both main server and mirror

[shekvl1]

Today my snipe failed (both main server and the mirror) with an error "Auction ended early". This is the first time I see this happening (being a happy user since the beginning of the year). Could you tell me the reason of both snipes failing in this case?

The item ID is 151125683354, I left the snipe information in place for now. Thanks in advance.

[mario]

Indeed it seems it was late from both servers. I cannot determine whether the reason was on Gixen side (double late failure), or ebay was slower than usual. I suspect it's the latter, but have no way to prove it. This was the only instance of double failure that I can see today.

Please email me and I will do my best to compensate you.

[shekvl1]

Dear Mario,

Thanks a lot for your job and your kind reply. Frankly speaking, I was not expected to win this item (the winner definitely bid higher than the winning price and my bid was just a bit more than this price) so this is not really a problem in this case.

On the other hand, just a question: which measures can I use from my side to reduce the risk of this happening again (as it makes me worrying a bit about the possibility of this happening with more important items or the items where my bid would be much higher than the winning price).

[mario]

shekvl1, it's highly unlikely this will happen again. I can recall less than 10 such events in the last 7 years (excluding those caused by ebay, but in such cases nothing helps).

I added a year of mirror subscription to your account.

[Gixen]

[shekvl1]

Thanks a lot, much appreciated!