No.
And it's not a question of having trouble.
It's just an issue of you not bidding high enough.
Bid once and bid the most you want to spend on the item..
If you win it, congratulations.
**If not, then you didn't pay more than you thought the item was worth. That is what it means, right? Which is a good thing, right?
If your response is that you would have bid higher had you known, well, then your emotions are getting involved. That's always costly. And then you should have made your one bid higher to begin with if you felt you really, really wanted it.
And the smartest thing would be to put in snipe bid. With your ONE highest bid of what is the most you're willing to pay for the widget.
http://esnipe.com/
And after the auction ends, go back above and read **.
Nibbling is useless, and can actually drive up the price if you happen to have an equally inexperienced buyer bidding against you. :roll:
Do you sense a theme here?
Bid ONCE, and make it the most you're willing to spend on the widget, taking into account any additional S&H charges of course.