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[quote="mario"]This never, never happened with Gixen. Please post the item ids. Have you used any other sniping service besides Gixen for these items?[/quote]
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<table border="0" cellpadding="3" cellspacing="1" width="100%" class="forumline"> <tr> <th class="thCornerL" width="22%" height="26">Author</th> <th class="thCornerR">Message</th> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>nochkin</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 11:34 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody"></span><table width="90%" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="3" border="0" align="center"><tr> <td><span class="genmed"><b>Karyn wrote:</b></span></td> </tr> <tr> <td class="quote"> i could have sworn i only saw the first bid at the starting price</td> </tr></table><span class="postbody"> <br />If someone bid higher than one increment, eBay will not show their maximum bid. Instead you will see one increment higher only. <br />So if the listing started at $10, then someone bid $50. You will see $10 as a current bid only, not $50. <br />So only if you snipe anything higher than $50, you will see the maximum bid of another bidder. <br />That's why you saw a different bid after your snipe was placed (current bid vs maximum bid).</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Karyn</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 10:00 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">ok! now i am scratching my head because i looked at the eBay bidding history again and see you are absolutely correct. i could have sworn i only saw the first bid at the starting price, but i have been known to try to do too many things at once, compromising the quality of my attention. and, my mother would say that's what i get for swearing, grin. it's on me - thanks for your patience and clear explanations!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Cupid</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 3:52 am<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Yes Mario is absolutely correct (as always), the way eBay works, the other bid was shown as $29.99 to you until your bid was placed even though what that bidder had actually bid was $35.99, that is how eBay proxy bidding works it doesn't reveal your actual maximum until it is outbid by someone else.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 7:03 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Karyn, the second highest bidder's maximum bid was 35.99 (see bid history), so ebay jumped your bid immediately to 35.99 + 1.00 (bid increment) = 36.99. It's just an amazing coincidence that your bid was exactly 36.99.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>Karyn</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jul 15, 2010 6:48 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: Same thing happened to me</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Hi Mario, <br /> <br />I trialled Gixen and gave it my maximum bid on a small item that was listed at $29.99 with one bid at the starting price. My maximum bid was $6 more - and I won at the maximum price with no other bids in between. So it looks as if Gixen also passed on my maximum bid - at the end of the auction. <br /> <br />I'm confused because I thought eBay would proxy bid, or take my first bid at $30.99, then the other bidder - if indeed they set a maximum - would be submitted at $31.99, then over to me again until we timed out in the very last split seconds. The item number was 380250510762. <br /> <br />I'd like to understand what happened so I can set myself up properly next time to win at the minimum price. In this case, I think that should have been $30.99 as there were no other bids per eBay history. Again, not upset as the price differential is so minimal, but it makes me wary of Gixen right now. <br /> <br />Thanks in advance for any input you can share, and let me know if you need my PM or any such!</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:33 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">Looked into the database based on your IP, found your username, and I can't see you ever scheduling a snipe with Gixen, nevertheless one being executed. Please post more info here.</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row1"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mario</b></span></td> <td class="row1" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 4:16 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: </span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">This never, never happened with Gixen. Please post the item ids. <br /> <br />Have you used any other sniping service besides Gixen for these items?</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td width="22%" align="left" valign="top" class="row2"><span class="name"><a name=""></a><b>mat</b></span></td> <td class="row2" height="28" valign="top"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/icon_minipost.gif" width="12" height="9" alt="Post" title="Post" border="0" /><span class="postdetails">Posted: Thu Jun 03, 2010 2:54 pm<span class="gen"> </span> Post subject: why did gixen my bid on straight away?</span></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><hr /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"><span class="postbody">I put on a bid for an auction via gixen, (ebay.com.au) <br />the auction ended in 14 hours, <br /> <br />but i immediately got an email back from ebay listing my maximum bid, so gixen had simply passed it straight through. <br /> <br />this has happened both times i've used gixen, so it hasn't sniped at all, just put my proxy bid straight on. <br /> <br />i'll post a link to the auction after the auction is over</span></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" height="1" class="spaceRow"><img src="templates/subSilver/images/spacer.gif" alt="" width="1" height="1" /></td> </tr> </table>
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