Snype

[4815162342]

Was anyone else bidding on any Snype auctions this evening?

[Lucas00]

Haven't even been able to confirm my email. Tried about 20 times, never worked.

[raulus]

Welp!

I guess that’s good news that they’re getting more attention than they expected?

Not sure why they didn’t feel the need to invest in enough bandwidth to actually be able to handle the traffic.

But this isn’t the first time this has happened to an AH.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by raulus

Welp!

I guess that’s good news that they’re getting more attention than they expected?

Not sure why they didn’t feel the need to invest in enough bandwidth to actually be able to handle the traffic.

But this isn’t the first time this has happened to an AH.

I don’t think server and network capacity was the only issue.

“On Monday, as many of the first auctions were closing on his new site, Snype, the platform had massive technical glitches.

The main feature that allows a bidder to put in a “snype” — a pre-programmed last-second bid — instead triggered the auctions themselves to end, no matter how much time was left. For other auctions, the bidding features were completely disabled.

The site was taken down as the glitches were discovered, Probstein told cllct.

…

Probstein said he is also looking into the possibility that Snype was a target of a hacking scheme and is not sure of a timeline for its return.”

https://www.cllct.com/sports-collect...nical-glitches

[raulus]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

I don’t think server and network capacity was the only issue.

“On Monday, as many of the first auctions were closing on his new site, Snype, the platform had massive technical glitches.

The main feature that allows a bidder to put in a “snype” — a pre-programmed last-second bid — instead triggered the auctions themselves to end, no matter how much time was left. For other auctions, the bidding features were completely disabled.

The site was taken down as the glitches were discovered, Probstein told cllct.

…

Probstein said he is also looking into the possibility that Snype was a target of a hacking scheme and is not sure of a timeline for its return.”

https://www.cllct.com/sports-collect...nical-glitches

Hacking scheme?

Interesting take. I’m going to guess that no matter how much beta testing you perform, it’s always an adventure once you start live action.

[pawpawdiv9]

Good to know
Didn’t see it yesterday

[chalupacollects]

Maybe the Cloudflare outage affected them?


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[4815162342]

Originally Posted by chalupacollects

Maybe the Cloudflare outage affected them?


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The Cloudflare outage didn’t start until early this morning.

[chalupacollects]

Ah ok


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[D. Bergin]

Hmmm, anybody else having charges show up on the debit/credit card they put down with Probstein when they registered for thier auctions?

[D. Bergin]

Ok, now I’m getting e-mails from them. I’ve apparently won auctions, and getting payment confirmations as it looks like they’re automatically charging my card.

Small amounts as they were lowball bids I put in as placemarkers before they shut the auction down, but concerning nonetheless.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

Ok, now I’m getting e-mails from them. I’ve apparently won auctions, and getting payment confirmations as it looks like they’re automatically charging my card.

Small amounts as they were lowball bids I put in as placemarkers before they shut the auction down, but concerning nonetheless.

Same. I wasn’t charged though.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

Same. I wasn’t charged though.

I’m not a super bidder, so I think they just charged me.

[Lucas00]

This looks really really really bad. Not only does it look like shill bidding likely occured, I'm concerned about identity theft and or stolen credit card information.

[calvindog]

How is this different from anything Probstein did in the past?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by calvindog

How is this different from anything Probstein did in the past?

Sounds like it could be more business for you though .

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