If I have my snipe scheduled to bid 30 seconds before the end of an auction, how will iSnipeIt have time to Dialup the internet and submit the bid?
iSnipeIt will connect a few minutes before the auction ends. This value is configurable in the application settings, but 5 minutes is recommended. After iSnipeIt dials up (by default 5 minutes before the auction ends), it will synchronize your time to eBay time so that the snipe is accurate to the second (most pc clocks lose or gain several seconds per day, so this is an important step). Next iSnipeIt will place your preliminary bid which is the equivalent of when you put in your bid manually without confirming. Next iSnipeIt will wait until the exact second (30 seconds before auction ends in your example) and confirms your bid. After iSnipeIt Completes your Bid (snipe), you can verify the accuracy of the snipe time by checking the time that your bid was registered with eBay (the eBay server may take a couple of seconds to accept the bid request. So this time may be a couple of seconds after the 30 second mark- but usually its within 1 or 2 seconds. Response times can vary depending on
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