Sigh. I was bidding on an empeg and tuner combo deal, seen here:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=18798&item=3079003060&sspagename=rvi%3A1%3A1

I watched that auction for the last 30 minutes, prepared to fend off any comers ... and then two bots come in, with 3 and 4 seconds left, and outbid me. This happens every time. EVERY time.

This really sucks for the guy selling, because I was prepared to go much higher - but the chaps bidding in that last 3 seconds force the auction to pretty much a premature end, causing the guy to not make as much as he would have if bots weren't available.

Sigh, guess I'm really just pissed about missing out on the empeg and tuner. Good for them, bad for me. Guess I should have just put in the top end of where I was willing to go.

Won't be a next time. That's the last time I waste any effort on that site.