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| I love that auctions run all night and wouldn't change a thing |
   
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16 | 11.51% |
| I accept that auctions may run past 4:00 AM but would prefer they closed earlier |
  
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30 | 21.58% |
| I hate auctions that close at 4:00 AM and feel the system should be changed. |
  
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93 | 66.91% |
| Voters: 139. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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04-28-2010, 07:33 PM
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Everybody has their own feelings about this. Al sees it as a social event and I respect that. For me I would be snoring away most of the night and would miss the party.
As far as the first choice goes I suppose I could have worded it differently, but my point is while collectors are willing to tolerate a 4:00 AM closing, I still can't imagine anyone really liking it. And as I said earlier nobody on the West coast has ever experienced a 4:00 AM closing so to them it's not an applicable question. Doesn't matter, the whole thing is just for fun. Last edited by barrysloate; 04-28-2010 at 07:37 PM. 
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04-28-2010, 07:55 PM
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Heck, I've seen some R&R Auctions (autographs) that didn't close until 0730ish Central time
 (and yes, I did stay up ALL NIGHT for them, as I was bidding on a couple MUST HAVE items!.....and I did win them  )Steve
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04-29-2010, 12:26 AM
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dinosaur
i vote for whatever gives me at least 7 hours of sleep.
best, barry
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04-29-2010, 06:28 AM
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So it looks like by a pretty wide margin people don't like the very late closing time. I think the system in place greatly favors those who can stay up the latest, as well as bidders on the west coast.
Not the end of the world either way. Thanks to all who voted.
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04-29-2010, 08:01 AM
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Why end it at 4 am. why not 8 am or 10 am. It's nuts. If you put on your auction that bids will absolutely close at 10 pm, then people will get their bid in by 10 pm. Do you think bidders would play these games if they knew they had to get their bids in. Prices would probably be higher in the bidding frenzy.
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04-29-2010, 08:24 AM
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Exactly my point Frank. If the auction house stated that they were planning to end around midnight, even if they had no real plan to shut it down while bids were still coming in, people would be forced to start bidding earlier. What currently takes 12 hours to do could easily be accomplished in 8 hours, and it would eliminate all those pockets of dead time. It would be a more efficient business model.
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