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Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by oldpl8s, Nov 19, 2025 at 12:59 PM.

  1. oldpl8s
    Joined: Apr 11, 2007
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    I want to bid on a car that ends Sunday but I can't find the end time. How can I find it?
     
  2. Looks to me like you need to keep an eye on it. It appears that they state the number of days left but don't give hours left until there is less than 1 day/24 hrs left on the auction. Checking your targeted auction several times on Sat should give you the exact end time. They may have the actual end time available but I can't find any either.
     
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  3. Moriarity
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    yup, not until the last day do they break it down by hours. also it is a soft close, if anyone bids in the last 2 minutes it automatically goes to 2 minutes remaining and keeps doing that until the bidding stops
     
  4. oldpl8s
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    Thanks for the info.That is a horrible policy. We can't plan our day until we know.
     
  5. Moriarity
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    also , the bidding there is not like ebay where it goes one bid increment over the previous high bid. It goes to the amount that you bid, for instance if the bid is at 20,000 dollars and you bid 50,000 dollars, the bid goes to 50 grand instantly. in the last 2 minutes soft close you will usually see people bidding in a couple hundred dollar increments until someone gives up.... Also if there is a reserve, there is no indication that it is met until after the auction is over. I thought that last part was weird myself
     
  6. Makes sense for a Seller who wants
    serious prospective buyers to communicate
    with them before the auction ends.

    Jim
     
  7. squirrel
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    look at the comments, it give the times they were made, perhaps the auction will end just a little while before the time the first comment was made?
     
  8. oldolds
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    You could try to contact the seller. I imagine they would know. Let him know you need to know because you kid has a game and you need to know if it is the game or the car. Or something more creative
     
  9. Budget36
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    That’s like the auctions I’ve been to, ie the auction ends when the last bid isn’t matched. But I don’t go to vehicle specific auctions, so can’t comment on that aspect of a reserve or not.
     
  10. 2 items. Scroll down to the end of the listing where it says bid now, the end date is listed there short of any 2 minute bumps. If you sign up for daily updates, they send you an email in the morning as a reminder if you want to watch a particular auction. If an auction is no reserve, it states in the ***le.
     
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  11. Jalopy Joker
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    very popular site but, "bring a trailer" used to mean more projects than finished
     
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  12. Johnny Gee
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    from Downey, Ca

    Without naming manfacture, is the vehicle smaller than usual?
     
  13. ahshoe
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    I just sold a car there a few months ago and from a sellers standpoint I love it. It was a very finished car. As mentioned above in the last two minutes when my car was bid on it kept adding 2 more minutes until no more bids .The selling package I bought anyway was only a 1 week run.Their customer service was great as I had a representative emailing me throughout the auction to help in anyway. They make their major money when your car sells so they do everything they can to see that it happens .I could not be more happy.
     
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  14. squirrel
    Joined: Sep 23, 2004
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    I had a similar good experience selling there. They pressured me to not put a reserve on, and the car ended up selling for just what I thought it was worth.
     
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