Ebay lesson #1
Never EVER bid on it unless you use esnipe or another bidding service like that....you will only raise the price artificially. There are ALOT of stupid people out there who will keep bidding up against you and end up overpaying....and then there's the guys who have their friends bid on their stuff to try and make you pay more.
Set a limit of what you WILL pay for it in Esnipe...then let it do it's thing in the last 6 seconds. If you put what it's worth in there you should win it...if you don't get the right price in there then you didn't really want it
I been beat on freakbay any way possible....esnipe is the only way to do it...and for what it costs it's WELL worth it...no more late nights waiting for auctions to close etc.