Originally Posted by martl

I use auctionsniper and like it a lot; more than helping me win auctions it helps me to keep myself under control.

Originally Posted by gamecat

Because even if I'm "only" willing to pay $200 I may want to pay $207 to beat a $203 snipe.

In other words, to beat other snipers with the same price-point. Although it's pretty hard to pull off--you usually have to just keep doing one click bids and hope your final click comes after the final snipe but before the auction ends server side.