rasmus.com has the 5 minute extension. but while at it, why not complain about the minimum next allowable bid being to large or small. in most online auctions that i have seen, the next allowable minimum bid gets larger as the price goes up.
in most live auctions i have attended for real estate, automobiles, and antiques, the size of the increment is reduced as the price goes up. i have seen the auctioneer refuse to take a higher bid that has been reduced too much. At 08:41 AM 8/25/2008, you wrote: >On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:48 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Of course, this is an absurd way to run an auction. No RL auction >> would ever take that $51 bid without asking for more. Seems like there >> should be a simple way to solve the problem via software, such as >> extending an auction if a bid is received within the last x seconds. > > >Yep, I like the idea of an auction that extend time for five minutes after >the last bid. One of the lesser auction services is reported to do >something like this but I don't remember which one. > >> >> >> >> On Sun, Aug 24, 2008 at 11:35 PM, Chris Dunford <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> > The sniper way: I don't put in my maximum bid. Instead, I tell my sniper >> > that I'm willing to pay up to $100. For now, the clock just ticks. >> Nothing >> > happens. Harvey is fat & happy because he thinks he's getting his >> heirloom >> > for fifty bucks. But 10 seconds before the close, my sniper jumps in and >> > bids $51. I still win, but I saved $40 because Harvey didn't have time >> to >> > outbid me. >> >> >> ************************************************************************* >> ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >> ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >> ************************************************************************* >> > > > >-- >John Duncan Yoyo >-------------------------------o) > > >************************************************************************* >** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** >** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** >************************************************************************* ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
