One very visible difference between taper and fade is the visibility of a hairline at the sides and back of the head in a taper and the absence of such in a fade.
Entering your Maximum Bid. To place a bid on an item on eBay, click the Place Bid item on the auction listing and enter the maximum amount you're prepared to pay. This puts you into a binding contract to pay up to this amount for the item.
That is, make sure to bid your maximum value, i.e., bid the absolute maximum that you would be willing to pay for the item (at least by the end of the auction). eBay is effectively a second-price auction. That is, the highest bidder wins the item and pays the second highest bid for it. Yes, that isn't quite how eBay works because the highest bidder can pay up to the increment over the second highest bid because of the proxy bidding system that eBay uses.