I'm prone to agree, but Ebay doesn't see it as I do. So I stick with things that have a 'Buy Now' price. Saves me a lot of frustration. I can't remember which auction site I saw this on, but they had a 15 minute rule. Final bid had to stay steady for 15 minutes. If someone came in with a bid during that frame, the clock would reset to 15 minutes which eliminated sniping and gave the previous high bidder a chance to respond.