I'll often put in a bid in for the starting amount when I see an item soon after the auction has started and then I'll go back and raise my max bid. That show that 2 bids have been made, I think that will discourage some of the bargain hunters from watching the auction.

There was recently a 5700 GS RD I wanted and I did this on. Maybe a day or 2 later I got the notice on my phone that I had been outbid. A small bidding war preceded for the next few hours until my real max was outbid and I was totally out of the running. The next day I checked my watch list and found that the guy who had been bidding against me canceled his bids once I didn't fire back. I didn't like the way that one felt and I also canceled my bids, price when from $48.xx back down to $6.50.