Quote Originally Posted by Einzelherz View Post
One thing I have noticed lately is a lot of auctions being bought with 2 seconds left by accounts with hundreds if not thousands in feedback score. I assume that these are standard ebay sniper-resellers using bots, but I don't recall that being a problem in old video games a couple years back.
When I bid on auctions I normally wait until there is 3 seconds or less. If you bid early all you're doing is driving up the price and giving yourself more competition. I've gotten some really good deals doing that in the past.