A couple of months ago, our digital 8 movie camera died. They wanted $175 to fix it. Digital 8 is probably going to be on the way out so it didn't make much sense to pay that much to fix it. However, we have a bunch of tapes we never put on a DVD. Saturday, I was looking at Ebay and found the same exact model I had (used "only twice" 
) At the time, the bid was $41 with 2 hours to go. Hmmmm. I used "Glixen" a "snipe", where you put in the max that you would want to pay for it. The "snipe" software enters your bid something like 10 seconds before the bidding ends. This way, you don't get into a bidding war and inflate the price. As the seconds ticked away toward the end of the bidding, I refreshed the screen to see the bids going up. 10 second after the last bid of $58.95, my bid won for $59.95 (I had a max bid in for $65. Just got an email from the seller that it got mailed today. Pretty cool! Now I can start making vids once the ground thaws
) At the time, the bid was $41 with 2 hours to go. Hmmmm. I used "Glixen" a "snipe", where you put in the max that you would want to pay for it. The "snipe" software enters your bid something like 10 seconds before the bidding ends. This way, you don't get into a bidding war and inflate the price. As the seconds ticked away toward the end of the bidding, I refreshed the screen to see the bids going up. 10 second after the last bid of $58.95, my bid won for $59.95 (I had a max bid in for $65. Just got an email from the seller that it got mailed today. Pretty cool! Now I can start making vids once the ground thaws