We did place the snipes. Determining win/loss status is a lot more difficult as eBay is constantly adding new conditions.
There are 3 kinds of verification - verifying the account, verifying identify by phone, and two-factor auth. I'm referring to the second one. eBay is cracking down on security for third-party offers, and unfortunately sniping counts as a third party. It's like Captcha - it does not happen every time.
If you'll do the phone step, I've also turned on very detailed logging for your account so we can give a more definitive answer if it happens again.
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