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[Leon]

Originally Posted by YazFenway08

One of mine marked “sold”.

Then refreshed and now open again. I understand acts of God, etc….but not sure how they unwind this

I will go out on a limb, having no contact at all with the AH, and say this will be continued tomorrow night...just a guess
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[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will go out on a limb, having no contact at all with the AH, and say this will be continued tomorrow night...just a guess
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If that really happens, there will be a slew of pissed off people. They've already far exceeded the allotted time to bid on lots with no activity in "overtime".

[babraham]

Originally Posted by Leon

I will go out on a limb, having no contact at all with the AH, and say this will be continued tomorrow night...just a guess
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Man, I hope not.
Every bidder that wanted a chance to bid on an item past it's allotted time could have done that over the last hour of this nonsense.

One auction I'm bidding on has been bid up an additional $500 during this...I'm still winning it but these issues have essentially cost me $500 plus BP.

[sflayank]

now says 24hrs left

[Leon]

Originally Posted by sflayank

now says 24hrs left

Wow, who would have thought that? It was the only smart thing to do, imo.
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[molenick]

All I can say is I am glad Net54 did not crash...and thank you to everybody for posting timely updates.

[MR RAREBACK]

Seems like a good idea to extend another day

[icurnmedic]

Originally Posted by MR RAREBACK

Seems like a good idea to extend another day

Not to be smart but seems like a good idea to get it right when you are supposed to get it right.
This happens too often at too many AH’s.
I for one am in the aggravated camp when it comes to these happenings. Not like it is some low level mom&pop AH.
I guess I’m not tech savvy enough to understand, but I am reasonably certain eBay rarely crashes and going out on a limb ,I would wager a heck of a lot more bidding there at any given moment.
Really wish wanting a card that I have been researching for weeks and now this didn’t get me down. But man I really want that card.

Rant over. Probably the right thing to do given the situation.
Thomas Church

[jonvancouver]

Originally Posted by MR RAREBACK

Seems like a good idea to extend another day

They should extend another week. It’s possible that some people have to travel tomorrow and therefor can’t bid. Maybe some people will sleep for 24 consecutive hours and miss their chance. I think they should extend 2 weeks actually now that I’m thinking about it.

[jayshum]

Hard to believe that no additional information has been sent out via email. I'm getting emails when I place a bid or get outbid so seems like they should be able to send something out to everyone.

[babraham]

Originally Posted by jayshum

Hard to believe that no additional information has been sent out via email. I'm getting emails when I place a bid or get outbid so seems like they should be able to send something out to everyone.

Right?
Just send an update so everyone knows what is going on.

[wondo]

I’m heading to the BST page to do some shopping!

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by Leon

Wow, who would have thought that? It was the only smart thing to do, imo.
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Probably, but at the same time depending on how many people who had won tonight get outbid tomorrow, may not be pretty.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Probably, but at the same time depending on how many people who had won tonight get outbid tomorrow, may not be pretty.

Believe me, I am high on some and have the same thoughts.
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[Mark17]

Originally Posted by Leon

Believe me, I am high on some and have the same thoughts.
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I was high bidder on a lot going into the first extended bidding. No more bids came in. No bids during the up-down fiasco period either. So now they are going to give people another day to outbid me.

What is most annoying is that the company has really screwed this up, yet they will benefit by extending time to get more bids. And bidders like us who read the rules and p[layed by them get the rug pulled out from under us.

And.............. having inadequate server horsepower to conduct the auction properly is NOT an "act of God." God could figure out how to do this (like split the auction close over 2 or 3 days like Heritage does.)

[nolemmings]

Mine is letting me raise my bid now, although I am pushing my max limit on some and have exceeded on others. I would raise my bid on one or two if I thought I truly had 10 minutes left but it says I have 20 hours. The old hurry up and wait game.

[Casey2296]

Unbelievable

[perezfan]

Originally Posted by Peter_Spaeth

Probably, but at the same time depending on how many people who had won tonight get outbid tomorrow, may not be pretty.

Yes.... it sucks. Prospective bidders already had a full hour (instead of the normal 10 minutes) to bid on items with no activity. Now they'll get an additional 24 hours.

REA has records of when each bid was placed. Tomorrow they should close off all the lots that received no activity in overtime, and only extend the lots that showed activity during the extended bidding.

I doubt this will happen, but it's absolutely the right thing to do.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by perezfan

Yes.... it sucks. Prospective bidders already had a full hour (instead of the normal 10 minutes) to bid on items with no activity. Now they'll get an additional 24 hours.

REA has records of when each bid was placed. Tomorrow they should close off all the lots that received no activity in overtime, and only extend the lots that showed activity during the extended bidding.

I doubt this will happen, but it's absolutely the right thing to do.

Anything else would be really wrong!

They are saying the auction is extended till 9PM tommorow. Does that mean new bidders can come in on lots they weren't bidding on?? That shouldn't be allowed either. Auction should be "paused" till 9 PM tomorrow and then opened with the 10 minute rule in play.

[Peter_Spaeth]

It seems odd to me that a site issue would then be followed by what seems to be a software issue, but what do I know.