I take two angles. I'll either just put in my max bid and forget about it, following it on emails. Or snipe it with about 15 seconds to go. 15 seconds seems to be the point where my reflexes manage to hit the button and drop in a bid with 3 or 4 seconds left. I'll bid a reasonable bid, unless for some reason I really want it, then I may bid above what it's normally worth trying to be preemptive, but still you never know. I've bid higher than what I thought anyone other sane person would bid and still got beat. You never really know. I was pretty frantic about bidding on guitar pedals for awhile there.