Brian Wheeler wrote:
     You missed
what he said.  He was encouraging people to snipe.  He was
 against people bidding *before* the last 30 seconds. 
 I'll bid anyway, anyhow,
anywhere I please....  
  Of course.  The point he was trying to make is that
non-snipe bidding is
 counterproductive for the user bidding and just about everyone else. 
 
 That's not entirely true.  Non-snipe bidding is good for finding out
 _early_ whether or not someone has deeper pockets than you...so you can
 bug the wife for more cash :) 
 
I can't speak for the originator of the thread, but I was more referring
to the two people who get into a bidding war three days before the
auction ends.  It happens a lot, and much of the time, both of the
people forget about the auction anyway, and neither of them get the item.
Peace...  Sridhar