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BobThat's a very good point Mark. I often think the same thing. It doesn't hurt to email the seller to let him know you have a snipe bid in and inquire if he will let the auction run its course or sell early.
I usually put an early bid in and then set my sniper. Every once in a while I will bid early and often to try and drive away the competition but that doesn't always work.
It's all a crap shoot. One of the earlier posts above was dead on when it said it was all a matter of who wanted a card. An example is that there are 4-5 collectors trying to complete the 1911 Zeenut set. One of the tougher cards is the Rapps card. I bought one on ebay with a BIN, another guy purchased one in the 19th Century auction, a third guy got one in a swap and suddenly when a pretty nice SGC 30 one showed up last night the winner got it for less than 1/3 of what the others sold for within the last month. It's all a matter of timing and competition...