HOW did I lose this ebay auction?

[Shadowdog500]

The sniper program bids at the last possible second. If an auction is scheduled to end at 23:00:00 and the sniper program bids at 22:59:58, why would it reset the clock for 15 minutes? If that were the case, the seller could get 7-8 sniper bids in the last couple of seconds, the clock would reset 15 minutes for every bid and the auction would continue for another couple of hours!

Try PowerSnipe. They have a 30 day money back guarantee. If it doesn't work for you, simple cancel within 30 days and receive your money back.

Sites like gunbroker don't let an auction end until a full 15 minutes after the last bid. If someone bids 5 seconds before the scheduled end time, the end time of the auction will automatically be pushed back to 15 minutes after the last sniped bid. Even if 5 sniped bids come in during the last second it will only push it back 15 minutes from the last of the sniped bids, it don't add 15 minutes for each of the last second bids as you suggest. My friend says he seen auctions run way over because people try to snipe on the extra 15 minutes several times, not realising that they are adding 15 additional minutes every time they try to snipe.

Here is Gunbrokers page that explains how the 15 minute rule works.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Support/SupportFAQView.aspx?FAQID=1036&NoCount=1

Chris

 

[Shadowdog500]

I hate bid snipers BTW so I can't give you any sympathy.

I'm curious why you hate snipers. If you entered your max bid, snipers don't make any difference. If you don't enter your max bid to begin with, and like to work up to it, I would like to know why? I'm not making fun or pointing fingers, I'm just trying to figure out why people bid this way.

Thanks,

Chris

 

[Sumflow]

I put in the winning bid a couple of seconds before closing, but was outbid by the same bid, that was placed days earlier, but appears later in the list....

First high bid wins.

 

[Sumflow]

I didn't look at the auction, but earlier bid of two equal bid amounts wins.
If you would have bid $300.01 and the other was $300, you would have won.

Maybe not. His bid would have had to be a full increment above the first loser to be accepted. If not it could have been higher and he would still lose.

 

[Sumflow]

the computer will go to your max if need be, even if it is not a full $5 (or whatever the increment happens to be).

The increment depends on the first losers bid. You can be $5.00 more than the previous winner but only one cent higher than the first loser and sell win.

 

[Sumflow]

The problem I have is after I always wondered a 1.20 more and would I have won...

Just bid $40.00 more and you will find out if the other bidder was $1.20 more.

 

[Sumflow]

If however it stops at $260.00 that is the max bid they put in, and your next bid will be the current high bidder.

And if you give them time to react, expect it to go higher. There are two ways to find out someone's maximum bid. One way is to out bid them, like you have shown here.

 

[Sumflow]

IMHO, well worth the $50 per year!

I pay $6.00 a year with a back up server.

 

[Rico.]

Another one will be along if you lose, sooner or later
Murphys law of epay: After you win an auction, a better, nicer one will sell for less!

Sage words....

 

[thesilverone]

seriously sumflow? Why bump an almost 2 year old thread, ESPECIALLY with the smallest font

 

[mrobins297aaa]

seriously sumflow? Why bump an almost 2 year old thread, ESPECIALLY with the smallest font

 

[Sumflow]

The computer dosen't list every time it was rasied automaticly.

Yes it does, tell it to Show automatic bids.

 

[Sumflow]

Re: How did I lose this ebay auction?

I did not enter any font, now I will move it up to the smallest selectable 1. These looks like unanswered questions, I found in search. If anyone comes in here they should find the correct answers not speculation. Besides I learn stuff. Did they teach you in school that time was linear?

 

[mrobins297aaa]

I can't read it.........you have to understand when you get old you have to have LARGE TYPED WORDS........lol

 

[Outlawmws]

Re: How did I lose this ebay auction?

I did not enter any font, now I will move it up to the smallest selectable 1. These looks like unanswered questions, I found in search. If anyone comes in here they should find the correct answers not speculation. Besides I learn stuff. Did they teach you in school that time was linear?
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What we have here is a troll..