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The 2 minute rule? Enjoyed it! I believe it makes it fair to all buyers no matter how fast your wifi is!
Only downside I see right now is it knocking out those with less pocket money. Could be discouraging that they can't sneak in a win last minute. Comes down to who has the most spending money. Which, I guess, is the goal of a benefit auction. 
I don't think I was outbid during the 2 minute mayhem window, but it seems a little overly complicated. Sure, I understand how it works, but there's something to be said for a "hard stop" time. Much simpler, don't have to "hang on". And for those of us with marginal phone skills, and/or a clunky Terraforums experience, a hard stop is preferred. I hope more $ was raised though because of it.
I didn't notice any issues with the forums. I increase server resources annually for this to make sure it can account for the extra load of this event. Is there something specifically you noticed not working well?
Ok, thanks for the clarification!
Overall the 2 min extension likely worked very well. I think it was a little confusing for me, in the moment, though.
Posts, when made, don't mark the actual time. Instead they say posted "A moment ago" followed by "1 min ago" and "2 min ago". When my clock reads 8:01 and I see a bid made "A moment ago" I'm unable to determine, at that moment, if the bid was done at 8:00:30 (and is a good bid to extend the window) or done at 8:31:04 (and is not a good bid to extend the window). It's only later when the post marks an actual time, rather than saying how many minutes ago it's been. The only way to ensure that you don't mess up is to just keep bidding, regardless of the time, and sort it all out later.
Personal confusion aside, it probably raised more funds, which is a good thing. Personally I participated in fewer auctions because of it though. I didn't think I had the ability to keep track of multiple auctions, should they go into the 2 min window. So I focused on what I really wanted.
Posts, when made, don't mark the actual time. Instead they say posted "A moment ago" followed by "1 min ago" and "2 min ago". When my clock reads 8:01 and I see a bid made "A moment ago" I'm unable to determine, at that moment, if the bid was done at 8:00:30 (and is a good bid to extend the window) or done at 8:31:04 (and is not a good bid to extend the window). It's only later when the post marks an actual time, rather than saying how many minutes ago it's been. The only way to ensure that you don't mess up is to just keep bidding, regardless of the time, and sort it all out later.
Personal confusion aside, it probably raised more funds, which is a good thing. Personally I participated in fewer auctions because of it though. I didn't think I had the ability to keep track of multiple auctions, should they go into the 2 min window. So I focused on what I really wanted.
You can hover the "a moment, 1 min, 2 min" statements to get a time, but it still doesn't zero in to seconds. Also, there is no visible clock of server time, so trying to get a bid in on the seconds is likely not going to work out.
This is my curser over the "a moment ago" of this post. I'm unaware of a way to do it on mobile though. I always suggest a computer for auction endings for many reasons.
This is my curser over the "a moment ago" of this post. I'm unaware of a way to do it on mobile though. I always suggest a computer for auction endings for many reasons.
I just "watched" the threads I was most interested in and shotgunned between them
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I also had time to thumbs up each new post in order to (hopefully) attract more attention to my auctions by reacting to it
Don't know if a server clock would have added value. It definitely had that same electricity in the air as always
. I hope we can increase participation for the next one!
.I also had time to thumbs up each new post in order to (hopefully) attract more attention to my auctions by reacting to it
Don't know if a server clock would have added value. It definitely had that same electricity in the air as always
. I hope we can increase participation for the next one!
carolatcj
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Do you think allowing more time in between bids would help. Maybe 3 minutes instead of 2?I just "watched" the threads I was most interested in and shotgunned between them
I also had time to thumbs up each new post in order to (hopefully) attract more attention to my auctions by reacting to it
Don't know if a server clock would have added value. It definitely had that same electricity in the air as always
carolatcj
Staff member
We did well, better than some years worse than others.
I wouldn't think 5min too long. It looked like the dust settled without any sniper bids -thoughts?
carolatcj
Staff member
I am open to any suggestions. I want to get input to take back to the board for discussion.
I think the addition of the rule adds the ability to participate and scroll between multiple auctions in the last moments. Example being instead of having to pick one auction to snipe at the last second, I could bid in the last 2 mins and have the bidding extended and go to another auctions I’m interested in do my bidding and still have a time frame to come back. Rather it truly comes to who won the auction than who calculated their bid to be the highest at the last second. I thought the rule did well especially in the Nepenthes Macrophylla listing. I watched the price continue to climb after the other auctions I was in finished. (Apologies for this being lengthy but I figure mods and admin would like a detailed explanation from a participant standpoint.) There was a bid in the last 2 minutes of the auction I took part in. I didn’t refresh my monitor until after the auction was scheduled to end at 8:00:00 EST and saw the bid, so I wasn’t sure based off as listed before the “moment ago” caption being on the comments but I continued to bid in case it was a valid bid. If anything I’d think of this as a way to increase earnings for the charity along with not leaving people feeling like they lost out on an auction they were willing to go deeper in on. This is one of my critiques of Ebay auctions because almost always they get scalped at the literal last second. Thanks for your time and commitment into making sure this forum runs good! Especially thanks to FlyTrapShop for continuing this forum and letting us use it!