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<p>[QUOTE="Mac McDonald, post: 8087458, member: 117420"]Well, it's all in what you're used to. I actually prefer the e-Bay system over the "time window" systems, where a new 10 or 15-minute time window regenerates each time there's another bid. Have seen some auctions continue for hours beyond the ending time...most aren't that long but it's not uncommon for 1-hour extentions and longer. As long as someone keeps entering a bid before each time window closes (runs out), a new time window opens for another 10 or 15 minutes. The eBay problem is allowing auto-bids...shouldn't do it in my opinion, should be human-generated bids only, but even then the system's time increments...down to the hundredth or less of a second...will likely be quicker than the eye on occasion. If an auction is scheduled to end at 6:30:45PM, it needs to end at 6:30:45PM, with the highest human-generated bid recorded before the end declared the winner and all bid times posted immediately.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Mac McDonald, post: 8087458, member: 117420"]Well, it's all in what you're used to. I actually prefer the e-Bay system over the "time window" systems, where a new 10 or 15-minute time window regenerates each time there's another bid. Have seen some auctions continue for hours beyond the ending time...most aren't that long but it's not uncommon for 1-hour extentions and longer. As long as someone keeps entering a bid before each time window closes (runs out), a new time window opens for another 10 or 15 minutes. The eBay problem is allowing auto-bids...shouldn't do it in my opinion, should be human-generated bids only, but even then the system's time increments...down to the hundredth or less of a second...will likely be quicker than the eye on occasion. If an auction is scheduled to end at 6:30:45PM, it needs to end at 6:30:45PM, with the highest human-generated bid recorded before the end declared the winner and all bid times posted immediately.[/QUOTE]
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