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It extends 3 minutes from the last bid. So if somebody else bids within the last 3 minutes then it extends again. It only runs out when nobody bids within the last 3 minutes. This isn't necessarily unlike live auctions though. If the auctioneer says "going once, going twice..." and then somebody bids, the person that bid at the last second does not win the item. The auctioneer then tries to get another bid before going into the final countdown to the gavel. Seems like BB is closer to real life than most online auctions.

Just because this site does not function like Ebay does not make it a flaw, it just makes it different. Also another prominent auction site, Quibids.com, adds 20 seconds every time someone makes a bid...seems similar to BB to me. So it sounds like I could characterize this complaint as a matter of preference and not as a flaw.

I thought they yelled, "Going once! Going twice! Sold!" at the end?

I'd like it if there wasn't a time on the interface and it just said Days, then Today, then Soon, then About To End. They'd still have to time it and probably have an extension honestly but bidders couldn't see exactly when it was over. And I should probably make a suggestion post for that.

Did these auctions end while people were still bidding at the auction house you worked at? If so that is a strange auction house.

Well an auction house that has a set start time and a definite ending time could be categorized as a brothel, no?

I suppose a silent auction has a hard event end but I dont believe live or verbal auctions end at a specific time. I thought they ended when bids stop coming.

Because it is the internet a longer grace period is given between non bids (3 minutes) to ensure no advantage is given to people with the fastest internet connection. Players should go to the highest bidder, not be some kind of game of chicken to see who can bid a half second before a hard finish. Not about the best and fastest mouse clicker, which is what it would denegrate to if a hard time finish was implemented.

I've been to plenty live auctions and they do not have a static end time. Silent Auctions are about the only auctions besides ebay like this that I know of...

As a seller you would also prefer the bids to continue to climb. It works both ways.