You will always loose by about a dollar, unless you're bidding against more than one bidder who has put a high bid in. It's irritating, I know. If I REALLY want something, and I remember to be watching, I sit there with my highest comfortable bid entered and my finger on the trigger, I wait till XXXX left (not telling you, because it won't always work if your internet connection glitches at the wrong moment) then PULL, and let it go. I only bid in the beginning, because I want it in the "Buying" category instead of just in the "Watching".