Auctionsnipe.com is the way to go. I've been using it for 90% of my e-bay transactions. You will have to give them your e-bay userid and password, it's OK, that's how it logs on and bids on your behalf. Set your max bid and just forget about it. The three second recomendation is good and works well. Cut the item number from ebay and paste it into the snipe site and you're good to go.