Most of my recent eBay purchases have been "Buy It Now" just to avoid those games. I signed up for one of those eBay sniper services for a free intro and it worked well putting in a bid at the last second, but it wasn't worth the fees they wanted to charge.
More and more I've gotten used stuff off Amazon.
“I signed up for one of those eBay sniper services for a free intro and it worked well putting in a bid at the last second, but it wasn’t worth the fees they wanted to charge.”
I pretty much purchase only BUY IT NOW items, but the few auctions I bother with, I always use the FREE gixen.com sniping service, and it has never failed me. It works really great! Oh, and did i mention it is free!