Gavelsnipe Question

[mybuddyinc]

Gavelsnipe has never fail me, sorry it dropped the ball on you.

Think it's just an unfortunate fluke. Can't imagine close together ending times has much to do with their program. But my computer knowledge is limited, at best

[CW]

I don't usually have multiple snipes going off at the same time, but I have never heard of that being an issue before (and the software should handle it).

What may be the issue is if you have a somewhat simpler eBay password, then eBay may be asking for a "captcha code" when gavelsnipe goes to execute the snipe. Because they cannot enter the extra code, your snipe fails. One way to possibly fix this is to create a new eBay password that is more complicated (eg. with capital letters and characters like #$%@, etc.). Be sure to enter your new password into the gavelsnipe site as well! This should prevent eBay from asking for a captcha code.

I cannot confirm this works, but I have heard it's a possible solution so you don't miss out on snipes in the future

[wolf441]

That's odd, Gavelsnipe failed on me as well on Sunday night for the first time ever. An item sold for about $75 and I had a placed a ceiling of about $115. I've had about 300 successful snipes, so no real complaints.

[Luke]

Happened to me on Sunday as well. For 3 items all ending at about the same time. I wanted one of them very badly and would have almost certainly won

[D. Bergin]

Wonderful. Whenever I seem to go through a round of auctions with no snipe bids in the last seconds, it's usually always followed by direct evidence Ebay has blocked various snipe programs from placing bids.

[ooo-ribay]

Maybe this (as CW mentioned), although it's odd that multiple snipes failed. There was a definite CAPTCHA issue a while back but they resolved it.



My snipe failed to execute. What happened?

GavelSnipe may encounter problems on an auction site that can cause a snipe to fail to execute. Network delays and server timeouts can cause the sign in page or bidding page to not respond. GavelSnipe is designed to continue attempts to sign in and bid during the user-defined snipe buffer until a bid is placed or the auction ends.

eBay has security measures in place to detect weak passwords. This security measure can cause your snipe to fail because the eBay log in process is interrupted by the weak password notification. Click here for tips on creating a secure eBay password.

eBay randomly uses captcha verification codes. These codes require human intervention to proceed with the sign-in/bidding process. Captcha verification codes will cause a snipe to fail because GavelSnipe is unable to sign in and bid.

[ooo-ribay]

It happened to me last night on a Giants pin I had never seen before It seems like last time there were issues, they also happened on Sunday nights.

[bobbyw8469]

Whatever happened to good old fashioned bidding?? I know people try to win stuff as cheaply as possible, but what happened when a one of a kind item comes around and your 3 second snipe doesn't go as planned?? Then you are kicking yourself for missing out. Just a thought......

[Cozumeleno]

Originally Posted by ooo-ribay

It happened to me last night on a Giants pin I had never seen before It seems like last time there were issues, they also happened on Sunday nights.

Yeah, I hadn't planned to update this again but since you mention it ...

Something's definitely up with my account, anyway. My eBay password has not changed, and it missed two snipes for me on Sunday. Ironically, the snipe on the item I wanted the least was executed, so it appears to be an on/off thing. Last night, I tried a test one and that failed, too. Will have to email them and see what the issue is.