Auction house closing times

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Originally Posted by Lorewalker

… Buyers have insane stamina and tolerance for almost anything, it seems, as long as you offer them a card they need. Cards first and absolutely everything else is a distant second.

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[hammertime]

I get the lot-by-lot extended bidding, like someone said it mimics a real auction. When you think of it this way the eBay method of just ending at a certain time is strange. What I *DON'T* like is the 3 hour general extended bidding, where one bid on one lot extends the entire auction. This is asinine, has there EVER been an instance where no one bids on anything during that period? So just make the end time the end time, then let each lot extend as needed.

[Mark17]

Originally Posted by hammertime

I get the lot-by-lot extended bidding, like someone said it mimics a real auction. When you think of it this way the eBay method of just ending at a certain time is strange. What I *DON'T* like is the 3 hour general extended bidding, where one bid on one lot extends the entire auction. This is asinine, has there EVER been an instance where no one bids on anything during that period? So just make the end time the end time, then let each lot extend as needed.

Agree. With lot by lot closing, the people interested in that item can slug it out, without keeping everybody else awake.

[Brent G.]

Originally Posted by hammertime

I get the lot-by-lot extended bidding, like someone said it mimics a real auction. When you think of it this way the eBay method of just ending at a certain time is strange. What I *DON'T* like is the 3 hour general extended bidding, where one bid on one lot extends the entire auction. This is asinine, has there EVER been an instance where no one bids on anything during that period? So just make the end time the end time, then let each lot extend as needed.

There are auctions that do extended bidding on a live clock that moves things along quickly. If no one bids, it's over in 30 seconds. This is also successfully executed in the middle of the day.