Yup, gotta snipe if you want to win the item. BUT... I like to do what I call a gentlemen's snipe, which is to make a low bid early showing interest in the item before sniping at the end. This way if someone else is interested in that item, they know they will have to outbid me for it. Then when I win it no one can complain that I sniped because I was there from the beginning. Started doing that because it really bothered me when it appeared that there was no interest in an item and suddenly in the last 2 minutes the bidding goes crazy and an item gets rudely stolen away by surprise. Play nice.