Most of you know I like ebay and Paypal (lets not turn this into a bash thread) and we all know a variety of strategies for bidding.

Here's my current dilemma, an item I need is listed 2X. One auction is a straight up auction while the other is 'buy now'. Typicaly I'd watch the 'auction' and if the price exceeded the 'buy now' I'd jump at the 'buy now'.

Except in this case the 'Buy Now' auction ends 2 minutes before the regular auction.