Goofbay help?

CLLC

Hi their ,

I lost a bid previously on ebay using the snipe tool from Goofbay , but i am confused at the message they send me after i lose the auction :

We're sorry, your snipe for ************* was not successful, the reason for this was "Bid too Low"
Although your bid was higher than the winning bid, we were not able to snipe this item as your bid was below the next bid increment. You can view eBay's bid increments here

I am confused , where it says although your bid was higher than the winning bid

I'd appreciate any help on this

Thanks!

cyberbob

To outid someone it has to be by a certain increment. If the High bid is £2 and it needs to go up in a 5p increment and you bid £2.01 the £2.0 bid wins. The link you have explains the increment amounts

CLLC

Ah thank you , I was slightly unsure but understand now

New to this "sniping" stuff , Nothing like the good old traditional way I say

Cheers again!

cyberbob

CLLC wrote: »

A Nothing like the good old traditional way I say

Cheers again!

Anytime I must admit I never use snipers. I only ever manually snipe. I know others swear by them

montyrebel

just bid on the item yourself, put in the amount you are willing to pay for it and if you win it for less all is well and good. if you dont you havent lost anything apart from the item. it is all automatic at ebay

NotQuiteNorbert

I only ever snipe when I'm away from the computer, OR if it's an item I know I'll get carried away on lol.. Saves me spending more than I set myself- willpower doesn't always work!