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bid attempt mail shows incorrect final prize | Sun Nov 10, 2013 08:19 PM | | |
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| Sun Nov 10, 2013 08:25 PM | | |
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This is a known issue when eBay could not provide the final price. That usually happens when eBay is too busy during peak hours (usually on weekends).
That does not affect the actual snipe.
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| Sun Nov 10, 2013 08:33 PM | | |
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thanks for the explanation.
But which prize does myibidder actually use? It looks like a random number from days ago. Thus I guess I'd prefer some hint that not the final prize was named, but some random former snapshot.
It is obvious that it can't be the final prize when this one is lower than the bid (minus a bid step). Many other times I guess it will remain unnoticed - but it makes a kind of archive useless where the real prize is higher than the log of so called final prizes.
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| Sun Nov 10, 2013 08:39 PM | | |
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It does not use random numbers. This is the information since the latest update.
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| Sun Nov 10, 2013 08:46 PM | | |
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to me it is a random number since it is NOT the final prize.
I feel the script must recognize a server overload which does not return the real final prize.
I never observed that ebay did show an outdated number.
And if the number which I receive from myibidder must be one or two days old, I do not have any other explanation for this value, it appears random to me.
How does the script know that I had a bid not high enough, when at the same moment it just does know a bid which is lower than my snipe. That's a contradiction to me, isn't it?
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| Sun Nov 10, 2013 09:07 PM | | |
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It does recognize it, that's why it shows the most recent update instead of failing your snipe completely.
The sniper knows that your bid is too low because eBay reported so.
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| Sun Nov 17, 2013 08:22 PM | | |
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| Sun Nov 17, 2013 08:29 PM | | |
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The use of the sniper is to place your bid on last seconds.
If nobody bid higher, you will win it no matter if the final price in the sniper is correct or not.
If you need to update the information for your snipe, you can do Refresh on the Snipe page.
If you feel you have a need to monitor current price constantly, please refer to eBay for real-time pricing.
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| Sun Nov 17, 2013 08:48 PM | | |
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ok, I get it. You don't see any need for improvement and do not even feel that a perfectly incorrect "Final Price" is not a problem.
So let's leave it at that. The info given as Final price has no use since you never know whether it's a random, outdated number or the actual final price. I shall ignore it from now on.
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| Mon Nov 18, 2013 12:53 AM | | |
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Unfortunately, I have little control to improve it.
If eBay refused to provide such information, the sniper has no other way to get it. It tries to get it from eBay several times and when eBay failed all of them, it just gives you the last known information.
Fortunately, this does not happen often and I see eBay improved this for the last few years so I would expect it will get better going forward.
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| Sun Nov 24, 2013 08:09 PM | | |
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| Sun Nov 24, 2013 08:46 PM | | |
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My stats show that it's getting better from eBay's side, so it seems like they are working on it and doing some good progress.
I wish it was under my control.
P.S.: I adjusted your item manually.
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| Sun Nov 24, 2013 08:54 PM | | |
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