Do you need the item or do you just want the item?

Need = hit the Buy Now button and just assume the bidding on the other listing would've gone higher, as they very often do.

Want = put in your eSnipe bid and go take a nap.

I am assuming you know the approximate value of the item and feel that the Bid Now is very close to that value.


Personally, if I need a part that is hard to come by, I don't mess around; I pay the price and move on. Some people feel they must "Win" as though the auction were a game but not me.