Closing Tonight - Love of the Game Late Summer Premier Auction

[aljurgela]

Originally Posted by Rhotchkiss

I really like the way LOTG does it.

The lot by lot closing can really suck when you are interested in multiple items, but cant/dont want to buy them all, and you are battling on one only to give up and see that the other lots you were interested in are all closed. This is the benefit of the entire auction closing at once -- you dont get locked out of any specific item. That said, it sucks when an item that has gotten no love gets a final hit at 5am and/or to have to wake up at 5am to bid or protect your item. LOTG's format is a nice compromise.

But I just can't get on board with the "whomever can stay up the latest" gets the last look. Goes against my sense of fairness, but I figured that enough people must like it so that is why Al sticks with it....

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by aljurgela

But I just can't get on board with the "whomever can stay up the latest" gets the last look. Goes against my sense of fairness, but I figured that enough people must like it so that is why Al sticks with it....

Won't your max bid get the last bid for you if it's the highest you're willing to go? OK, so that makes you try to figure out what that bid might be, but is that a bad exercise? If you're willing to shoot the moon as in "top all bids," go ahead and bid the moon. In a few years it will probably look like a bargain anyway!