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MABruce is right. When you bid (no matter whether early or late) only the amount which is the minimum over the previous bidder's highest bid is shown to the world. Example; <br />an item is showing a current bid of $20.50, you are willing to pay $24.50 so you enter $24.50. The previous bidder had a high bid of $22.50 so if the increment is $0.50 your bid will show up at $23.00 keeping your $24.50 hidden until say someone else bids $24.00 in which case your bid will automatically raise to $24.50. What happens then depends on whether one of the other bidders decides he/she is willing to go higher in which case you will be outbid. If $24.50 is the true max you will pay then someone else will win the auction. I see sniping as good only for preventing a bidding war on a popular item that several bidders are trying to get at a bargain. <br /> <br />Bob DeWoody
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