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

[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.

[Johnny630]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

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

I'm Sorry Robert I do wish you the best and pray for good things to come your way.

[Lorewalker]

Originally Posted by bobbyw8469

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

I surely did not ask for an explanation but I knew we would hear one. Anyway, again this is a hobby chat board. Everyone here is lucky to be able to be upset that a multi million dollar auction is delayed 24 hours and that we get to chat it up over vintage cardboard. That you need to focus on negative stuff all the time seems like a lot of effort. I hope you find some peace at some point. And I am being serious.

[nolemmings]

One of the most irritating things for me is that this was not unforeseeable– it has happened before, even to REA. Yet there is at least the appearance of chaos and no plan on what is happening or how to deal with it. Just throw a bunch of half-assed fixes at the problem and eventually waive the white flag, bumping an already long auction nearly another full day. Sellers benefit–both consignors and AH make more money, and bidders take it in the shorts. Rinse, repeat. We will see it again. If they want to appear truly apologetic, they can reduce their BP and thereby pay a price for this nonsense.

Plenty of good suggestions here–let’s see if they implement any of them going forward. Spread ending times over days, particularly where the subject matter is so diverse. I can appreciate multi-sport collectors, but seriously, why tie up your servers with people bidding on Lou Gehrig and Luka Doncic in the same final minutes. 30 or even 15 minute extended bidding is better than 10. End on Saturday for the working people who need to get up Monday. Explore lot by lot at some point. It just shouldn’t be a recurring problem anymore.

[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..

[bobbyw8469]

Everything on my list is pretty stout right now. Tack on the 20% and it is stratospheric. I wonder if they will do free shipping this year?

[Frank A]

The auction should be shut down at 9pm period. People have had all day to come up with a bid. This doesn't make any sense to me. Frank