Just a little more info...checked my email from eBay and confirmed what I witnessed while watching...that my bid originally went in, ie. "showed" at $2,412.50 ($50 higher than the then high bid). This was at 18:58:58 for an auction that ended exactly at 19:00:00.
Was AS sensing an extremely heavy server load so it kicked my bid in early to be safe?
Obviously the number 2 and number 3 bidders may have placed their bids at the same amounts without my bid being in place but who knows??
Just wondering if this early sniping happens a lot?