Is sniping in the last few seconds really that much more effective than sniping in the last few minutes? Surely sniping is a countermeasure only against the sort of naive bidder who won't themselves be sniping?

Having said that, I can see that these things are convenient if you can't be hanging around Ebay at the right moment. I'm sure I would've won that PCGA-CRWD2 if I hadn't been round at a friend's house watching the extended DVD of Return Of The King with a geet big subwoofer.

Peter