Because the sniper sites make it look like a manual bid fractions of a second before the end of the auction.. Where as Ebay's bidding servers check the price less often and can miss the update timeframe.

 

Maybe that was your problem.

If you wanted to pay, let's say $250 for a part and the bidding was at $15 you don't throw out $100 with three days to go. You wait until 10 seconds left and place a bid for $250. That way you will either 1) win the item for as much or less than you wanted to spend or 2) lose but know that someone wanted to pay more than you were willing to.

That's the eBay secret.

 

I got so tired of getting outbid at the last second I only do Buy Now options. If it doesn't have that option I don't even bother looking at it.
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Jamie has it exactly right. Bid at the last moment. If you are out bid, well you didn't want to pay that much anyway. There are some serious saving to be had this way.

 

I use www.gixen.com... has worked for me this far...

 

How much was the subframe up to? I might have a spare for the track bike I could let go if you're interested. I'll have to check next time I'm in the barn.