After losing out on a few ebay bids my mate told me about EZ sniper , It places your bid in the last few seconds of an eBay auction, after most other bids are submitted, so there is no time for your to be out bidded .You get 3 free successful bids and for all other subsequent successfull bids there is a 1% charge . You just set your max bid then it kicks in at the last few seconds. Since using this the only auctions i have lost are when my max bid was too low. Obviously if 2 or more bidders are using this sombody loses but if you are not using EZ you have no chance against it and you are not putting up the price early on.
Give it a try it dont cost nothing for your first 3 bids
EZ sniper : Free ebay auction sniper software. Snipe auctions online. Automatic esnipe bid sniping agent.