Manual Sniping.

Manual sniping isn’t that hard, if you have a lot of time to spare and a reasonably fast Internet connection. Write down when each auction that are bidding on ends, and then make sure that you’re sitting there in front of the page for that vital last minute. You can then outbid the current winning bidder, or defend your own winning bid.

The only tip you really need to remember for manual sniping is to make sure that you set your maximum bid quite high – otherwise you might be automatically outbid, and the auction will have ended before you can bid again.

Also, it’s not worth your time to compete against someone who is using an automated sniping service – if it’s any good, then they will always manage to outbid you. In the sniping arms race, you need to find a sniper of your own.