Last night a handsaw I had bid on was getting down to the final seconds. Now, I've gotten a few things on the bay before, but I've never sat and watched the seconds tick down. This wasn't anything I was dying to have but I'd like to get one someday (a 20" handsaw). I couldn't find anything I wanted to watch on the idiot box (not unusual) and happened to be surfing when the auction ended. I had the winning bid until 3 seconds to go when the price went to 3 times what I would have paid.
So my question, is there some kind of program people use to wait until the last few seconds to make their bid? Or are they glued to their computers and submit a bid within the final seconds.
Thanks, Paul