When I was new to eBay I would miss out on auctions in the closing seconds, and put it down to another bidder having a faster Internet connection than me. Then I tried using a stopwatch to count down the last...
EBAY terminology No 1 SHILLING Shilling is when a seller bids on their own items, using a separate ID, in an attempt to drive the price up. It is NOT allowed and sellers that do it need to be reported to eBay....