[BeetleB]

> Oh and also sniping in the last 30 seconds.

I really don't know why eBay hasn't "solved" this.

In real world auctions, bidding continues until no one bids. This eliminates sniping as a tactic.

My favorite auction site was ubid.com, which had this policy. There always needed to be a 5 minute period of no bids for the auction to end. This way, you can comfortably tell the automated system your max bid and not worry about snipers.