Chatted With Bill Goodwin Today

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Originally Posted by nolemmings

I really don't see how having the lots ending individually, in lot order, is difficult to track or unfair to anyone, especially if there is a good 5 minutes in between. I rarely have bids on more than 10 items I really want. I am not so challenged as to be unable to track or know for weeks in advance when I need to pay attention to those particular auctions ending-- I doubt anyone here is either.

That might work fine for a small auction, but didn't Goodwin's most recent auction had 959 lots? Let's see, at 5 minutes betwen lots, for 959 lots, you're going to have lots ending every 5 minutes around the clock for over 3 days. Even if you end 1 lot every minute, you're still looking at 16 hours of lots ending, which is more than the complained-about duration that started this thread...