Hi Ponygeek! If you want you can bid your max and then ebay will automatically bid for you until your max is reached. Other people just wait until the last few minutes/seconds and place a "snipe" bid with their max before the auction ends. I believe there are websites that will set up "snipe bids" for you, but I'm not sure which ones are out there or which are any good. I tend to not trust them myself but other people seem to have good luck. Maybe ask on the buyer/trader help forum and see if someone has more info? Hope that helps!