Pretty much what happened at London this year.
Well, we were mostly sober*, anyway.
* Sober enough to know how much we were bidding and on what, anyway...
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J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot,
Mon 6 Jun 2011, 15:34,
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Makes it more of an event than just an ebay deadline.
Plus it's a bit more dynamic than the usual ebay thing of adding 10p a microsecond before the bid deadline.
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barryheadwound Mul-ti-pass? Multipass!,
Mon 6 Jun 2011, 15:38,
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