Hi, I lost out on this item and another similar item and I viewed the bidding history and in both cases eBay recorded my snipe bid taking place over an hour before the bidding was closed. I think I specified 3 seconds prior to the close of bidding. Could you let me know what is happening on this? Thank you for your time.

Hello Todd,
Thank you for your question about the bidding history on an item. The bid history for this item does show the two snipes we placed right before closing:
174156792848?item=174156792848">https://www.ebay.com/bfl/viewbids/174156792848?item=174156792848
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