This is a screengrab from a time this happened to me, at the time I set the snipe the max bid was well below the final hammer. Because someone else's $65 bid pushed the top bid to $66 just before my snipe hit, it was never accepted. Had my snipe fired before the other guy, I would have been the high bidder at $66.60 (my bid being more than one increment above the current high bid), and the $65 snipe would have been rejected as below the minimum bid.
To the OP's belief that this is somehow an exploitable bug, I don't see how you could do this on purpose unless you know what the other bidder's maximum proxy bid is before they place it.
Sean Reynolds
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@seanq said:
This is a screengrab from a time this happened to me, at the time I set the snipe the max bid was well below the final hammer. Because someone else's $65 bid pushed the top bid to $66 just before my snipe hit, it was never accepted. Had my snipe fired before the other guy, I would have been the high bidder at $66.60 (my bid being more than one increment above the current high bid), and the $65 snipe would have been rejected as below the minimum bid.
To the OP's belief that this is somehow an exploitable bug, I don't see how you could do this on purpose unless you know what the other bidder's maximum proxy bid is before they place it.
Sean Reynolds
That's an interesting scenario but I will have to find my screen grabs and confirm that I think mine was happening with the same bidder beign the previous high and the winner. May be that the scenario was exactly this. However in your case I would not call it a glitch even. Your snipe was just too late. I am fairly sure my scenario was with only 1 other bidder.
The only other factor that might be at play - and I do not know if this is even true - might be that the first/high bidder in the OP's scenario is that the first bidder made multiple bids while the high bidder. I have done this on occasion - upped by top bid even though no one had bid against me yet. I do not know if this is an issue but it MIGHT be that eBay somehow considers this a separate bid even though it is being tacked onto the first bidder's high bid. So, lets say the increment is $1, Bidder #1 bids $74, then later bids $75 even though they are still the high bidder at a much lower price, it might be that if you bod $75.01 that is not accepted as it is not a full increment above their subsequent bid.
I have no way to know if it works this way, but I could see it as a possibility. In any case, the bid count stats would help reveal this scenario.
@JBK said:
The only other factor that might be at play - and I do not know if this is even true - might be that the first/high bidder in the OP's scenario is that the first bidder made multiple bids while the high bidder. I have done this on occasion - upped by top bid even though no one had bid against me yet. I do not know if this is an issue but it MIGHT be that eBay somehow considers this a separate bid even though it is being tacked onto the first bidder's high bid. So, lets say the increment is $1, Bidder #1 bids $74, then later bids $75 even though they are still the high bidder at a much lower price, it might be that if you bod $75.01 that is not accepted as it is not a full increment above their subsequent bid.
I have no way to know if it works this way, but I could see it as a possibility. In any case, the bid count stats would help reveal this scenario.
That is the scenario I was thinking off, where that bidder may have done his up as a snipe or by way of a snipe app to snipe their own bid in case anyone else is sniping.
@bolivarshagnasty said:
This may have happened to me last night. Bidding on a Lincoln, placed bid at 20 seconds, confirmed at 10 seconds and the message was "ebay not responding". Lost the auction with a higher bid amount that wasn't accepted. Don't remember ever having this happen before. Usually pretty reliable internet service. My bid at 325 may have been too close to a prior bid by another bidder? Winning bid at 298 and change.
Don't you just hate it? Oh I was not suppose to say hate at all.....
Did you win it? I noticed eBay periodically "shot down" for "maintenance" in a early hours by mainland standard; around 10 pm HST and this is the time I usually experience "eBay not responding" and I h_ _ _ it
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This is a screengrab from a time this happened to me, at the time I set the snipe the max bid was well below the final hammer. Because someone else's $65 bid pushed the top bid to $66 just before my snipe hit, it was never accepted. Had my snipe fired before the other guy, I would have been the high bidder at $66.60 (my bid being more than one increment above the current high bid), and the $65 snipe would have been rejected as below the minimum bid.
To the OP's belief that this is somehow an exploitable bug, I don't see how you could do this on purpose unless you know what the other bidder's maximum proxy bid is before they place it.
Sean Reynolds
"Keep in mind that most of what passes as numismatic information is no more than tested opinion at best, and marketing blather at worst. However, I try to choose my words carefully, since I know that you guys are always watching." - Joe O'Connor
Yes, I have figured out the glitch to manipulate auction prices.
Let me know what you figured out so we can compare notes.
Yes, I have figured out the glitch to manipulate auction prices.
Let me know what you figured out so we can compare notes.
That's an interesting scenario but I will have to find my screen grabs and confirm that I think mine was happening with the same bidder beign the previous high and the winner. May be that the scenario was exactly this. However in your case I would not call it a glitch even. Your snipe was just too late. I am fairly sure my scenario was with only 1 other bidder.
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EOM.
I bid one time in the last seconds with a number that I am comfortable with. The number never ends in 0, 1, or 5.
If I lose the auction by .01 cent, that is great as I do not want to overpay for anything except items for the personal collection.
The only other factor that might be at play - and I do not know if this is even true - might be that the first/high bidder in the OP's scenario is that the first bidder made multiple bids while the high bidder. I have done this on occasion - upped by top bid even though no one had bid against me yet. I do not know if this is an issue but it MIGHT be that eBay somehow considers this a separate bid even though it is being tacked onto the first bidder's high bid. So, lets say the increment is $1, Bidder #1 bids $74, then later bids $75 even though they are still the high bidder at a much lower price, it might be that if you bod $75.01 that is not accepted as it is not a full increment above their subsequent bid.
I have no way to know if it works this way, but I could see it as a possibility. In any case, the bid count stats would help reveal this scenario.
I wonder if DDoS'ing the bid link to a specific auction in the last 10 seconds would prevent snipe bids from going off...
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That is the scenario I was thinking off, where that bidder may have done his up as a snipe or by way of a snipe app to snipe their own bid in case anyone else is sniping.
Now I know you are always been the one who beat my 5 secs !?
Don't you just hate it? Oh I was not suppose to say hate at all.....
Did you win it? I noticed eBay periodically "shot down" for "maintenance" in a early hours by mainland standard; around 10 pm HST and this is the time I usually experience "eBay not responding" and I h_ _ _ it