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But 30 seconds gives several more people time to bid once or twice each.
No it doesnt. Not when eBay is 30 second slow.
So your bid gets placed at 30 seconds, someone else sees it and reacts at say 25 seconds left. They place their bid with 20 seconds left. eBay is 30 seconds slow so their bid makes it to eBay 10 seconds after the auction is over.
The only problem is that they arent always 30 seconds slow. Sometimes they are perfect, and sometimes they are in between. But until you place your snipe you dont know which. So you dont have a choice, it's either 30 seconds and getting your bid in for sure, or waiting and taking the risk.
Pulling up the page is not the same as bidding.