Sniped but EBay didn't show other bids or extend the auction.

Question

I was bidding on a good deal of a camera, and i had been winning for over 9 hours, and as the final minutes rolled around, I refreshed and refreshed to make sure no one had bid higher. As the auction ends and it says they are calculating the winner, I somehow didn't win!Yes I am familiar with bid sniping, but I also understand the auction is supposed to be extended a minute per bid. Is this correct?Even if it's not, eBay didn't show me the other bids the entire time so I would have no way of kno...

eburtonlab · Accepted Answer

@pbateman1999  Bidding ends a set number of days after the auction started down to the exact second. Bids are accepted so long as a bid for a valid amount is received by eBay's server before the auction ends, even if those bids are not displayed on individual bidders' pages around the world until a few seconds later. eBay does not extend bidding. Once you have bid your maximum, bid extensions can not help you, only hurt you. For some unknown reason eBay no longer displays the...