I flipped on the computer this morning and went straight to my email like I always do and saw that a Gavel Snipe was not completed so I checked it out...apparently my bid did not register because "User not allowed to buy from seller"...I was blocked from bidding on one of Jonsstats auctions and I had no idea why so I tried to bid on one of his current auctions and it told me that my account was not connected to Paypal...now I've had a paypal account for however long Paypal has been around and I've been using it with ebay since day one to both buy and sell and I've never had this happen. I guess the good news is that when I bid on one of his current auctions it gave me the option to "Get connected" which I guess I now am.
How ridiculous.