RustyGreerFan
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gixen is having some issues with ebay today. May want to babysit your bids.
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MansGame
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Yikes
RustyGreerFan
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They fixed it and my snipes worked, but some people were not so lucky earlier today.
BunchOBull
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I got screwed bad...item sold for $1.04...
Brewer Andy
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I got screwed as well
BunchOBull
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Gixen, BiddingScheduler, AuctionSniper...they're all failing.
MansGame
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eBay blocking?!
Brewer Andy
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That was my first fear as well.....
BunchOBull
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It's the only explanation. I'm almost furious. It'll be another 5 years until I get a chance to add the item I missed to my collection, I'm sure.
mrdallas
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What card did you miss if you don't mind me asking?
BunchOBull
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It wasn't a card, but a watch that was part of the Big Hurt Fan Club package available in 1995.
Brewer Andy
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I just had another one fail though I did place a manual bid. I was the only bidder but the snipe registered as "bid under the asking price" when my snipe was set much higher. Weird
mrmopar
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I had some issues and followed the instructions on setting a proxy. Don't ask me what it means, but everything seems to be fine now. I didn't miss anything earth shattering this time, although I was a bit pissed at seeing a 41 Play Ball Luke Hamlin (signed) sell for only $35 and change when my snipe was significantly higher! Maybe i still don't win, but you never know!!
I got majorly screwed 2 days ago with Gixen, told me bid didn't fire because ebay asked for a code to be typed in. And tested it again with a lower item I didn't really care that much about today and it didn't fire. I'm avoiding sniping for the time being, I'm afraid eBay is moving towards blocking those services.
predatorkj
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- Aug 7, 2008
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It'd really level the playing field if you guys had to bid manually wouldn't it?
weight333
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My gixen account has been working properly. I've had for just over a year. It's a great service and has saved me lots of $.
MansGame
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What playing field? It's a free service everyone has access too. If you are using eBay, you have internet and a computer, so you can type in gixen.com and do the same thing we're all doing.
All feelings aside, what a terrible move by eBay if they're blocking it. The only explanation is they're developing their own service and will offer that for a charge... which would be interesting and probably a smart move. At least for shareholders to maximize profit.
All-in-all, gixen actually helps increase the $ paid at closing for an item, so not sure why eBay would want to stop it otherwise.
goobmcnasty
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esnipe.com is still working.
Yeah, don't quite get that statement - if everyone has equal access, what's the problem? If I bid manually it would still be in the last 5 seconds, so what's the difference?
Brewer Andy
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Interesting take, but I'm curious how Gixen increases $ for ebay? I always thought sniping lowered final prices and therefore final fees for ebay. Forcing users to bid manually, leaves a lot more time for bidders to say "hmm, I was out bid. What's another $5?" And bid again. And so on and so on
