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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Hobo, post: 323195, member: 11521&quot;]It is called &#039;sniping&#039;. That is when bidders wait until the last few seconds of an auction to bid so there will not be time for another bidder to top their bid. I do thisall the time myself. </p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>There are two obvious things you can do:</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>1) Bid higher</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>OR</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>2) Wait until only a few seconds remain in the auction and toss in your bid (snipe).</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>If you bid early it will leave plenty of time for someone to top your bid.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Your bid of $22.11 (I assume that was your bid) had two problems: You left almost 30 minutes for other bidders to top your bid. And it was very obvious that $22.11 was your max. bid because it was only $0.11 higher than the next higher bid.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Sniping does not always work. I like sniping because it does not give competing bidders a price to beat or time to react. Many, many times I have tried to bid at the last second only to get a message that my bid is lower than the current bid; i.e., another sniper bid a little earlier than me and higher than me. And that&#039;s fine because my bid represents the most I am willing to pay.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Hope this helps.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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