I learned a long time ago that putting your max bid in early is a good way to pay more than your max. The best method I've found is to calculate what it would cost you to get the item retail and then bid that amount in the last minute of the auction. A minute is a long time when you're waiting for the auction to end, but chances are another bidder isn't going to make huge jumps in their max bid. That said, none of you had better use this technique on any BMW R75/5 parts!