exactly ^
I never understand bidding early on ebay, all it does is drive the price up, I see so many bidding wars with 5 days to go... so dumb
I can understand leaving a bid if you are not going to be around to watch the auction, but several days before?
I have sniped in and won LOADS of HT stuff ten seconds before the end.
If i snipe in and am outbid, i bid my max bid anyway, so good luck to the person whose bid was higher than mine.