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Message:: [QUOTE="-jeffB, post: 1383061, member: 27832"]Hey, I think we're getting somewhere! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1" alt=":)" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> We agree that this is the point -- placing a bid so late that nobody can react to it. You also agree, don't you, that the sniping programs aren't "reacting to it" either? They're just placing a single bid at a previously-scheduled time. Computers can react to things much faster than humans can, but placing a last-minute bid doesn't require "reacting" to anything. It just requires timing -- and, as any athlete or musician or video-gamer can tell you, humans are reasonably good at timing. In the example I gave, I'm not "placing a bid with minutes to go". I'm setting up a bid with minutes to go, but I only place it when I hit that "Confirm bid" button -- and hitting a button within a one-second window really isn't hard at all, even for someone like me with slow reflexes.[/QUOTE]