Believe me, this dead horse was beaten so badly that they didn't even have to process it before putting it in the Alpo can.

I dont wear underwear, it bunches up in my butt crack and turns colors! LOL

5TH

      HAD AN AUCTION RUN AN EXTRA 22 MINUTES OTHER DAY AND GOT MY CONSIGNEE AN EXTRA $500.  BILL WHICH IS WHAT IT WAS WORTH.

(I predicted weeks ago that with the use of the 10 minute rule, the "Bid Increments" would be raised from the typical $1-$5 up to $10 and $20 dollar range.

And sure'nuff, I'm seeing it on more and more aucs!)   

As a bidder/buyer I like the 10 min.rule, it gives me more chances to win, but not at $20 bucks a pop!

20's can stall the bidding....what I don't get is how they change or what drives the increments?

Treb, the bid increment is chosen by the seller when he lists an item. We always leave it at the default value, which is 1.00 at the minimum per AA's system.

Ah thanks, I thought it was driven by the price level...

I don't understand why buyers want the 10 minute rule.  I like to snipe and this is almost always how I bid.  I don't use any sniping software I do it the old fashoned way.  I set a reminder on my phone to remind me when a gun I am interested in is about to close.  I then check the price of the item.  If it is not above my already pre-established maximium I wait until there is about 20 seconds left and submit my bid.  If I win great, if I don't big deal I should have put in a higher maximum bid than I did and I would have won.

If there is something on here that you want really bad put a proxy bid on it for $10,000 (assuming the item is worth substantially less than that).  You WILL win.  You may pay more than you wanted and I don't reccommend doing it, but you WILL win.  Because no matter what bid is submitted by a sniper, unless they bid over $10,000, your earlier higher bid wins out.

So I guess what I am saying is if people would bid what they are actually willing to pay in the first place the 10 minute rule would be unnecessary.

Large bid increments are a definite turnoff.

Buyers aren't that fond of the 10-minute rule; sellers are.  There was the "thrill of the hunt" in hoping you could "snipe" a nice item at a bargain price by bidding at the last possible instant.  That's gone now.