I believe the term for what you want is sniping.  The reason you can't find
any reference to it is it is not a feature provided by Ebay.  There are
several web sites that provide this service.  If you google on "ebay
auction snipe" you will find several to choose from.  I have used
"AuctionSniper" to good effect.

regards,
Bob Bullock

At 07:59 AM 3/29/2004, you wrote:
> >That's normal behavior. Autobid will only raise the bid to a
> >point where you are the winning bidder, not your max bid. If
> >someone else comes along and bid later, Autobid will continue
> >to try to make you the winner up to your maximum bid.
>
>I think you are referring to the normal proxy bid process, which will
>immediately bid for you until either you are the winning bidder, or another
>proxy is higher than your maximum bid.
>
>I was referring to another system that holds your proxy bid until the
>auction closes. The ebay software then attempts to apply any held proxy bids
>to the currently bid price to see if the delayed bid is higher. This means
>that you are not bidding up the price early on, and can potentially fool
>someone into thinking they have won the item as there is no competitive
>bidding, and hence they do not bid up the price to astronomical levels. I
>have been back through my emails from eBay, but now cannot find the
>reference to it. I must have tossed the email a while back as I have never
>actually used the delayed bid system. As to wether this "scheme" is a good
>or bad way of doing things, I am somewhat ambivalent. I guess it depends on
>if it is winning you items or losing you items as to how you feel.
>
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