Does the REA auction pick up towards the end?

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Originally Posted by JustinD

I am one of those people.

Marker bid and I don’t even log in to look till an hour before extended to decide what I will be continuing on.

Me too. This is really the most logical way to bid. There could be some value in bidding it up to get fence sitters to give up on the card early, but I think it's more likely that you're just driving up the cost for yourself if you bid before extended bidding. Honestly, it doesn't seem like any strategies matter these days... nothing slips through and you're going to have to pay more than you planned if you want it.

And yes, some auctions run too long. Anything longer than 2 weeks is annoying and I think it hurts the auction results. I've completely forgotten about a few of the three week auctions. There was one late last year (I think) that was 4 weeks, it was unbelievable.