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Originally Posted by prktkljokr
Its like most auctions before the fall of the hammer with the count down, if someone comes in with a late bid just before the hammer fall, they go through the countdown again, there are not too many online auctions that finish when it times out like eBay.
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Just doubling back for a bit… Did anyone else go to the secondhand/pawnbrokers auctions (Combined Auctions) in Wattle St, back in the day? I have this vague memory you could lob an offer from the floor. As in, maybe the auctioneer was pushing something up in fives or tens and it was at $180 but you wanted it and also to move on so you might make a verbal offer of $250 hoping that would bring the hammer down or at least thin out the bidders. Can’t think where else I might have seen this attribute.