[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by glchen

This is so dumb. This *might* only make a little bit of difference if you can guarantee that you will always be the first bidder in an auction when you can place your max bid and take the max "slot" that you want. However, many auctions, you have no idea what time that they will open. They may say that they will open on February 22nd, but you have no idea what time on Feb 22nd. They might open at 9am EST, 9am CST, maybe a few minutes early, maybe a few minutes late, then someone might beat you to the punch in placing their bids first. Heck, some auctions even open bidding before their stated date on purpose. Goldin Auctions used to always open on Sunday, a day before their stated Monday opening to Game Used Universe members, and offer prizes if you put in the X number bid. No one ever complained. The fact that this thread is still going on astonishes me.

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