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Message:: [QUOTE="cdb1950, post: 34633, member: 1735"]YAHOO Auctions has this option available on their auctions.  Here's a can of worms.. I agree with Roy's comments, that sniping really encourages every bidder to bid right up to their limit on every auction, which means the seller will get the most for the item being sold.  Sniping is an honorable bidding procedure.  Were it not for snipers, sellers would receive less for their items.  Bidders who were overbid by a sniper had already bid as much as they felt they wanted to pay, otherwise they would have bid more.  Every bidder usually has 7 days to place their bids and that's plenty of time to decide what they are willing to pay.  Another 2 or 5 minutes shouldn't make any difference. I know that bidders can feel cheated when a sniper overbids them at the last second, but that doesn't change how much they were willing to bid, otherwise they would have bid higher in the first place. The same goes for the sniper.  They don't always win the auction, either.  If the sniper had wanted to pay more, he should have bid more, because he won't get a second chance.[/QUOTE]