Being outbid by proxy bids the same as my maximum

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So I have attempted to snipe two items (my first two attempts). The first one I put in a maximum of £150. The item sold for £150. There was said to be an earlier bid. Now £150 is a pretty round number, so an earlier proxy bid of £150 is not too surprising. My bad. The second item I bid on I put in a maximum of £203. And, you've guessed it, the item sold for £203. Now I reckon the chances of another maximum of exactly £203 are pretty slim. After all, if someone knew (as I now do) to put in a strange figure to avoid ties, why not £203.57 (or whatever)? So pretty unlikely in just that one auction. But to have this happen in both the auctions I have tried to snipe seems to me to be more than just coincidence.
Any ideas?

6/10/095:31 AM

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