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[quote user="secondhandmodeler"][quote user="csmith9474"] [quote user="secondhandmodeler"]My only experiences with ebay were frustrating to say the least.  The two times I found items I liked I put in a bid.  Immediately after my bid there was another bid. I'm talking seconds later.   I know that somebody could have been watching this item, but there were zero bids before my first bid.  It happened with one item, then a second item.  After that, I havn't bid again.  Is there a way for people set their account up to automatically counter-bid? [/quote]The eBay software automatically outbid you with the proxy system. The bidder previous to you just had a higher max bid than the bid you put in.[/quote]Thanks for the point of clarification.  I was wondering why that was happening.  Maybe I'll try again some time.[/quote]Any time I buy something I open a seperate browser window with the my absolute max bid price (Around MSRP or so minus shipping) and hit the submit button when the system clock reaches 1-2 seconds before end of auction. Sniping in this manner with a fast DSL I know that dailups cannot continue within 20 second from auction end and slower DSL's about 6-12 seconds. Sniping auto programs need 3 to reload data and resend the new bid.IF I win great! If I dont, some one spent too much money. That fat lady is going to sing at the exact time the end of the auction and that is all it matters... the last few seconds. Everything else is just a run-up (Or foreplay if you please) to the main event.What gets me is that both of my Hobby Shops have supplied me very well indeed these last few years.
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