[KobraKarl]

Ernie ,

You dont need that sniper thing , you just have to "be cool" if the price is still good with two minutes to go ,enter your maximum bid and hit the enter key with less than a minute to go, this will cut down on the time a shill has to tweak up the bid in $5.00 increments to find your top bid and you wont end up bidding against yourself. As near as I can figure there is really no reason to bid on any thing you want with more than 40 seconds on the clock, I know that sounds mercenary , but your only freind out there is you. good luck!! Karl