This week’s (July 2, 2024) Tuesday Night Auction for Cozy Coats for Kids is 5 $1 actual silver certificates (old), 2 old $100 bills with sequential serial numbers (perfect condition), some random coins, old Japanese money, two rare pins, the entire Christmas Stamps of the United States Collector Panels (100% complete and in mint condition), and a very old coin purse, spring loaded.
Auction starts now and ends around 7PM MST (9PM EST) on Tuesday night.
Winner will be the post with the highest bid as of roughly 7PM MST (9PM EST).
You can bid as many times as you’d like, as long as your new bid is higher than the previous bid.
Winner agrees to make a donation to the Cozy Coats for Kids charity for the amount they bid.
Winner’s company, company logo, and company contact info will be listed/promoted on the Cozy Coats for Kids’ Donors page forever… an added bonus for winning.
Inspector Outlet will contact the winner for shipping instructions (shipping included).
Maggie will contact the winner for payment.
Total approximate value of these items with shipping: No clue.
*** Auction starts now and ends around 7PM MST (9PM EST) on Tuesday night.**
*** Winner will be the post with the highest bid as of roughly 7PM MST (9PM EST).**
Thank you, Larry. I did read that.
I guess my question has to be - what does “around” or “roughly” 9PM EST mean?
So if a highest bid was sent 9:10 or 9:15, would that still qualify as roughly?
Going with the “Roughly” criteria…
IMO, both bids are 3 minutes apart from the deadline, SO… the post that meets the Primary criteria of the deadline, (closest without going over), should be deemed the winner!!
IMO, that would be Richard Ingalis.
“Roughly” ending at 9pm creates a conflict of interest. Does NACHI honor the winning bid at the cutoff … or take the extra eleven dollars by the bid after the cutoff?
If they are going for the higher amount, they should know that I visited the thread about a minute after the last bidder and would have gone $350 until I noticed the time had already expired before the last bid. That bid from me, too, would have been “roughly” ending at 9pm.
This is not the first time this issue has reared it’s ugly head.
IMO, if someone isn’t available at the necessary time to properly facilitate the process of/to the Rules, the Ending Time should be changed to when it can be, or the “Event” should be abandoned altogether!
When a person bidding needs to wait a month or longer, only to be mishandled and lose the bid by someone AFTER the deadline, this is Biden v Trump all over again!!
So does Nick or Maggie have an answer to define what “roughly” means?
My bid was before 9PM EST.
Would 9:05, 9:10 or 9:15 PM EST still be considered “roughly”?
Going with the posted rules, AROUND is "on both sides of” 9 pm EST.
But, I do agree it can be less confusing if it were more accurate.
Rules:
*** Auction starts now and ends around 7PM MST (9PM EST) on Tuesday night.**
*** Winner will be the post with the highest bid as of roughly 7PM MST (9PM EST).**
