<sigh>

No.

You tell your proxy (eBay itself) what your maximum bid is and it bids on your behalf.

You, like so many other people, are confusing an eBay auction with a going, going, gone auction. Think of it more as a sealed-bid auction.

Also, your statement would put you in the category of auction warriors who are more interested in the battle than the prize and make the rest of us pay more.