[packs]

My point is that if I bid my max bid before time runs out and I'm winning the auction when time runs out, I should be the winner. Someone shouldn't be allowed to have a second chance at the item just because they placed an initial bid but didn't outbid me in regulation time.

That's what I'm referring to by stealing an item. It's like if eBay allowed sellers to wait until an auction ended and message everyone who bid to ask if they were sure they didn't want to pay more money now that they know what the item sold for. A second chance bid is different from a max bid.