Hi, I'm a disgruntled ebay bidder. Why? Because I had an item picked off by a bargain hunter in the last 10 seconds of the bidding. I have a simple suggestion that would fix this...an easy-to-implement suggestion: The act of placing a bid should automatically extend the auction by 5 minutes. Thus, if the auction is supposed to end at 15:00, and I sneak in a bid at 14:59, the auction is automatically extended until 15:04. If someone else then bids at 15:02, the auction is extended until 15:07. If you like this idea, send a note to: suggest(a)ebay.com If you don't like the idea, you must not have bid on anything at ebay :) BTW, no...increasing my original bid isn't an acceptable solution, for a wide variety of reasons ... bargain hunting not included. thanks, Stan Sieler sieler(a)allegro.com