I feel your pain, not the same but...For months I bid on a jeep bumper from a seller, he'd put one up a week for bid, I'd always bit the same thing 100.00 it took me 7 trys but I finally got the bumper I wanted for the price I was willing to pay.

Now for my same problem, I'm a coin collector and every time I bid on a coin that's worth having I lose. I've finally found the only way for me to win is to bid on stuff that's risky....well at least not located in Hong Kong.

LOL.....all ebayers suffer the same fate.