[wterrell]

Tom,
Just buying a thing is no challenge. Lay down the money and its bought. But if you can snatch it from under the noses of the greedy, that is fulfilling.
I always put my max bid well over the price others are willing to pay, but very seldom is that limit reached. This is done in the very last minute of an auction. Others do the very same thing and sometimes it comes down to strategy and photo finishes. While others are readjusting their max bid, the clock runs out.
Greedy bidders are frustrating, though.

Another thing....Always paying the maximum for anything one wants has reduced many a wealthy man to penury.