Ebay Bidding Question?

Question about snipe bidding on ebay?

• There is an item on eBay that I am extremely interested in, however, I already bid on it Saturday night and since then, I have remained the high bidder. Just last night, I read up on snipe bidding and I was annoyed with myself because in order for snipe bidding to work, you must make your first and last bid a few seconds before the auction ends and if you're lucky, you will have knocked the high bidder down and you win the item. My issue is that I am currently the high bidder and will still probably be until tomorrow night when the auction for the item is nearly over and I know someone is waiting to snipe me at the last minute b/c this item had 22 bids and since I bid Saturday, everyone else has stopped, so I know they're waiting. My question is, can I increase my max bid (if I'm still the high bidder a few seconds into the ending time) 6 or 7 seconds before end time and have it be as effective as a regular sniping method, where I must not be the high bidder and bid in the last few seconds to win against the high bidder? Right now, my current bid is at $680, with my max bid at $690 and I'm the high bidder. If I still am in the lead within seconds of the closing time, I intend to increase my max bid to $1,000 about 6 seconds before end; that is as much as I can afford and put out. Would this be a bad move? Would I have to Make another ebay account to snipe myself lol last minute if increasing my max bid last second is a bad idea? Sorry for the long story, I am very new to eBay. Any tips and advice would be much appreciated.

• Answer:

  You can increase your bid anytime you wish. People who wait for the last second often get surprised with a much higher proxy bid someone else has already entered.