Robert Edwards Auctions STILL going strong at 8:15 AM Est!!!!

[molenick]

Originally Posted by AustinMike

My understanding is that is what is planned (from the email sent by REA) -

"As a result of a service interruption last night during the auction closing, the auction is extended and will close tonight, Monday, April 25 at 9 PM EDT. In lieu of extended bidding, the auction will go directly into the 10-minute lot-by-lot closing at 9 PM EDT."

I think the time between last night and 9 pm tonight is useless.

Sorry, to be clear, I meant that their auctions should always close this way, not just the one today because of the outage. You need to get a bid in by a certain time. Then at a certain time, it's all lot-by-lot. There doesn't need to be a period where all lots are open if a bid is placed on any lot.

[insidethewrapper]

I have never understood why the 3 hours between 9pm and midnight. After 9pm it should go on a 10 minute close if no bidding on an individual lot within this 10 minute period. Also with this many items, a 2 day auction format would help.

[bobbyw8469]

Tells me that life here in the US is pretty good, in spite of it all.

I'm biting my tongue so hard on this one.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

I'm biting my tongue so hard on this one.

I have not been here for long but has there ever been a post you have made where you were not whining and complaining? This is a hobby chat board and you are always upset. I hope your life outside of the hobby is ok but does not sound like it based on this post.

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Lorewalker

I have not been here for long but has there ever been a post you have made where you were not whining and complaining? This is a hobby chat board and you are always upset. I hope your life outside of the hobby is ok but does not sound like it based on this post.

You are saying life is great right now. Life isn't great right now. When a grandparent on fixed income is in tears for having to choose between heating their home or putting gas in their car because their bills have gone up so much, then forgive me if I don't agree with your assessment that life is "great" right now.

[Johnny630]

Cards Please.......

[bobbyw8469]

Originally Posted by Johnny630

Cards Please.......

Agreed. He called me a whiner and asked for an explanation. I gave him one. This is a sore subject with me.

[markf31]

Back to cards folks, here's one I wish I would have kept from years ago...

[mrreality68]

The hardest part for me is I was done bidding set my limits which I said I would not go over. Wake up to find out there is a new day of bidding.
Now I am trying to control my temptations and try and not bid again.

[bbsports]

As far as I know, the site crashed around 12:05 AM and resumed back to normal around 12:25 AM EST. Why couldn't REA just extended the time from midnight till 12:30 AM EST and then closed the items on their 10 minute rule after that? To extend this auction another full day, is totally unfair for the bidders who followed the regular auction rules. You know who comes out ahead here by doing what REA did? True, it is REA's auction and they can do what they want, but do you think this is fair to the high bidders who bid as high as they can go for the item they bid on? For a professional auction house that REA runs, this was handled in an unfair manner.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Originally Posted by bbsports

As far as I know, the site crashed around 12:05 AM and resumed back to normal around 12:25 AM EST. Why couldn't REA just extended the time from midnight till 12:30 AM EST and then closed the items on their 10 minute rule after that? To extend this auction another full day, is totally unfair for the bidders who followed the regular auction rules. You know who comes out ahead here by doing what REA did? True, it is REA's auction and they can do what they want, but do you think this is fair to the high bidders who bid as high as they can go for the item they bid on? For a professional auction house that REA runs, this was handled in an unfair manner.

They tried to do that but the ten minute clocks were not working they kept resetting even with no bids on the lot..

[AustinMike]

Originally Posted by molenick

Sorry, to be clear, I meant that their auctions should always close this way, not just the one today because of the outage. You need to get a bid in by a certain time. Then at a certain time, it's all lot-by-lot. There doesn't need to be a period where all lots are open if a bid is placed on any lot.

Ok, gotcha. I see I misinterpreted what you wrote. And for the record, I agree with you.