Poll: Auction House Closing Method

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

The whole idea of extended bidding is to mimic a "real" auction. At a live auction I have never said "Hey guys I'm taking bids for 30 more seconds and wherever the bidding is at that time the lot is sold." Frankly Ebay style that allows sniping isn't a "real" auction to me.

If the idea is to mimic a "real" auction, why not have the extended bidding periods be something like 30 seconds, or a minute or two? 15 minutes has always seemed excessively long to me.

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

If the idea is to mimic a "real" auction, why not have the extended bidding periods be something like 30 seconds, or a minute or two? 15 minutes has always seemed excessively long to me.

Because that's not nearly enough time for people tracking multiple items.

Some smaller online auctions literally run the online auction like a live auction. Running each lot individually in order. Sometimes after having general bidding first. Problem is for a large auction it could take days to close that way.

[BobbyStrawberry]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

Because that's not nearly enough time for people tracking multiple items.

Some smaller online auctions literally run the online auction like a live auction. Running each lot individually in order. Sometimes after having general bidding first. Problem is for a large auction it could take days to close that way.

Wouldn't something like 3-5 minutes still be more than adequate then? Even if you're tracking many items, it doesn't take more than a few seconds to click refresh and bid for each one...

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Wouldn't something like 3-5 minutes still be more than adequate then? Even if you're tracking many items, it doesn't take more than a few seconds to click refresh and bid for each one...

I have people who complain 15 minutes isn't enough. You have some people watching dozens of items.

[Gorditadogg]

Originally Posted by BobbyStrawberry

Wouldn't something like 3-5 minutes still be more than adequate then? Even if you're tracking many items, it doesn't take more than a few seconds to click refresh and bid for each one...

What if you gotta go to the john? What if you need to get another beer? C'mon man! Think it through.

[Casey2296]

Originally Posted by Gorditadogg

What if you gotta go to the john? What if you need to get another beer? C'mon man! Think it through.

Should actually be 45 min so we can catch a 30 min nap in between until the sun rises.

[BioCRN]

In all honesty, my biggest problem with pretty much every auction is people bidding against me. I would really like some kind of system put in place that wouldn't make that possible.

It's the #1 way to ruin an auction for me and it's an addressable issue with an easy fix.

Thanks.

[Steve D]

Originally Posted by BioCRN

In all honesty, my biggest problem with pretty much every auction is people bidding against me. I would really like some kind of system put in place that wouldn't make that possible.

It's the #1 way to ruin an auction for me and it's an addressable issue with an easy fix.

Thanks.

+1

Steve