$890 for a 85mm f1.8 SMCT lens !

[keith_w]

Jens Bladt wrote:
> William wrote:
>> Two bidders gone into hysteria.

> That happens quite often. I quite often find my self being the one setting
> the final price - and the item being sold for just a little above my final
> bid.
> That is when I choose to back off, rather than go into a hysterical bidding
> competition.
> Sniping is much better. When I really want the item, I often get it. Bidding
> double within the last 20 seconds usually does it.
> If more bidders do just that simultaneously, the auction goes nuts
> 
> 
> Jens Bladt

That's why I never mention the technique to anyone else...
I don't particularly like the term "sniping" because of the connotation 
baggage it carries.
I choose to call it an intelligent bidding technique.
As with you, if I decide I really want an item, I rarely lose it.

keith