time extended is about 10 seconds but the on line world is "different". There are drawbacks to everything.
Shel Belinkoff wrote:
Then at what point would the auction actually end? Bids could, in theory, go on indefinitely, certainly for quite a while.
Shel
From: David Zaninovic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ebay could easily "fix" this by extending the end of the auction for 5 minutes after the last bid but they obviously choose not to
do that. It could be a seller option, they could even charge for it as it would drive the price up.
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