Sorry to all those who get outbid by $1.00. Here is my trick and it works a fair number of times lol, go up an extra $1.51. The reason behind it is many people like to put even numbers, such as $20,30,40,50,etc. Instead of putting $20.00, some people will put $21.00 thinking they can get you by that dollar since most people like to bid by nice whole numbers. Then there are the people who try to outbid you by a penny, I've experienced that oh too many times and it always gets me mad, a penny I found on the sidewalk could have been the difference <__< So what I do is I put $1.51 more than my max bid. That way, if someone tries to be smart and bid $1.00 more, they'll lose, $0.01 more, they'll lose, heck, even $1.50, they'll still lose and $1.51 more than my max isn't that much at all for something I really like. Can't hurt, and I won a few things through that (not all pins) because at the last second, the bid goes up to $0.50 less than my max. I just hope nobody uses this on me now O____o OH NO! WHAT HAVE I DONE?!?!? jkjkjk hope this helps