Curse you eBay snipers!!!

[Saiko]

I honestly believe that you are never outbid by 'just a few cents'. I don't think anyone would place a bid that was the minimum allowed higher price than the earlier bid - people generally bid in rounded numbers, like 20, 25 or 30. It's always eBay's automated bid for them, so they were always willing to pay much more.

I was sniped once after I had watched the timer count down to just 1 second left. I really thought I'd won until I refreshed the page, to see that someone outbid me with less than a second to go. I wasn't mad, I was just impressed! That person either had nerves of steel or a high quality sniping program. I learnt my lesson from that about putting in my max bid, rather than manually bidding.

[lovesbabysquirmy]

Just remember: you don't lose because they put in their bid later. They win because they want to spend more than you.

This is the only rule you ever need to remember about Ebay.  :-p  Or auctions in general, really...

[Shenanigans]

Getting sniped is the worst!!