Originally Posted by
thermalattorney
on Gixen. Use a sniping service is waaaaaaaaaaaaaay more rational than getting into a silly bidding war. If you want something, just "set it and forget it". If you want it badly, just put in a higher bid.
I've lost plenty of auctions in the last few minutes and I've come to use a similar strategy. I just make sure I'm by a computer when the auction is ending. I wait until there's 7 seconds left, place the highest amount that I would pay for it and then submit. The time doesn't allow anyone to respond and if the high bid is higher than my max, its for the best that I lost. Usually, the high bid only goes up $5-$10. I do all my auctions like this. If you bid early, people will start a bidding war.
I know this is the complete opposite of what the seller wants, but I'm in this for myself!