Almost all of us in this forum use this "trick". it is not new and usually only works against noobs. I have won many with this method and have tried once this new season and it did not work. The person i was in a fight with ALWAYS bid at less than 1 second...like PERFECT! I could not believe that someone has the ability to do this. I mean literally at the last second. I wait for ONE second and just as it is changing to WON, the bid comes through. and it went 17 rounds of this. It is not normal. I tried this trick at round 10 as that is where I like to draw the line, but you cant do it when the other player has a great internet connection and/or perfect timing.
Seriously though, I thought I won the auction at least 10 times. I have never seen this before.