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Originally Posted by travrosty
the obvious answer is to end all lots at the same time, midnight or so. just tell people to have their top bid in all their lots by that time. if you need to go back and try to squeeze in another bid under the wire, then you didnt have your top bid in. so just put your top bid in by 11:30 and don't worry about it.
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This takes out the aspect of a bidding war, which can lead to higher prices. If AHs ended everything at a set time, it would become nothing more than a glorified eBay auction where all the lots end at once.
I was going to suggest the change to 8-10 minute bidding, but John beat me to the punch, so I'll just agree with his idea. They could also start extended bidding a 8pm, although that probably doesn't matter much.
I am amazed when an AH ends an auction on a weekday, though, and we saw it happen twice this week. I thought they all ended on Fri/Sat night, or at least they
should.