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Originally posted by Mr. Wumper:
I was trying to prevent someone from trying to "beat me" at the last second. They wouldn't have to "beat me" if my bid was placed with mere seconds until the auction was to end, since it would be too late for them to respond to me having outbid them.
You are assuming the last-second bid was a counterbid to yours. It may well have been a planned snipe, just as yours was. The loss is still frustrating, I realize, but you may take consolation in knowing that the win may have been a planned snipe that was able to get through.