Hi Guys. Some ebay users really don't know how the system works I think. I have a re-issue 'Groovy Grader' in the mail coming over to me thanks to the understanding of a fellow modeller on this forum (THANKS Jonathan) that I've been after for quite a while now. Well, only last week, another 3 turned up on ebay (isn't that always the way!). I just had to bid on the one that turned up first starting @ $29.99. Then another appeared starting @ $19.99 & I was kicking myself for bidding on 'the dearer one'. As it turned out, the 'cheaper' one had a new user bid on the first day & was winning @ $20.50, only to have someone chip away @ his lead little by little with only 3 minutes to go, & ended up winning the item for $61. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/330680225840?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649This auction ended 15 minutes before the one I bid on, so I was expecting a last minute assult on the price, so I upped the price with seconds to spare. Now I'm the classical 'Sniper' & if I want it, I'll wait & place a high bid with only 6 or 7 seconds left to go, but this is a double edged sword. By going in high with seconds to spare you don't give the current highest bidder time to react & you get it for his highest price + $1... BUT, by the same token, if you haven't gone high enough, then you don't leave yourself time to bid again. The outcome of the story here is that I was waiting for an assult that never came & won the auction for my opening bid of $29.99, whilst the new user (who dosen't understand the ebay system yet) paid twice as much by bidding early & being hacked away at. http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/160723928784?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649Ebay discourages 'Sniping' saying that it 'Rarely works' & encourage you to bid high early, but I expect they're only interested in the higher profit margin. I'll tell you that 'Sniping' works well if you do it correctly, & I sure hope the 'New user' follows through with his commitment & dosen't leave the seller high & dry because he paid top dollar.