Poll: Auction House Closing Method

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

This will never fly, but I'd like all auction items to have a cold end at the same time: 10:00 p.m. EST or earlier. I already know what I'm willing to spend, so I place my max bids before that time so I can get on with more important things like sleeping. Not interested in spending more than my max bid or staying up until past 2:00 a.m. to do so. Ridiculous.

Also, these auction houses should know their audience. Most of their big money customers are not 20-something night owls.

We can’t go back to sniping and depend on bots to bid for us.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

Originally Posted by 4815162342

We can’t go back to sniping and depend on bots to bid for us.

Nobody said that, either.

[4815162342]

Originally Posted by BillyCoxDodgers3B

Nobody said that, either.

Fixed closing times lead to sniping.

[Eric72]

I prefer when the seller lists their item with no price and writes, "taking offers."

Wait...wrong thread.

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By the time an auction enters extended bidding, I've usually narrowed my focus down to a handful of items. The lot-by-lot closing method is best for me. I have a method of tracking/bidding that is optimized for that auction format. While I typically win multiple lots, I can occasionally go "all in" on one item this way.

[pawpawdiv9]

Close at one given time, say 10pm
No extension period
No sniping
But assuming all the last sec bids would have the site “crash”

[Leon]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Close at one given time, say 10pm
No extension period
No sniping
But assuming all the last sec bids would have the site “crash”

If I am not mistaking, that has happened and that has happened.
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[Mark17]

Originally Posted by pawpawdiv9

Close at one given time, say 10pm
No extension period
No sniping
But assuming all the last sec bids would have the site “crash”

Isn't the rush of last second bids called "sniping?"