> I still don't get it. > > eBay already lets you enter a maximum price, but the winning bid is set > by the second highest price plus the auction's increment.
Because when you enter a bid, anyone can manually outbid you, as long as he has time. The earlier you do it, the more time people have to manually outbid. If you do it at the last second, no one has time and only automatic bids can outbid you. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
