Something odd happened today at Snapnames

[Matrix1976]

Did anyone else notice that snapnames conveniently added an extra 20 minutes or so to 'ALL' auctions near the end time today!? the end time on all auctions was around 25-29minutes when suddenly it popped right back up to 49 minutes! wtf is up with that bs? i never noticed anything like that b4 at snap...is this some sort of twisted new practice to help increase their bottom line or was this a ''cough'' convenient fluke since there was soooooo many hot domains ending today?

 

[IAmAllanShore]

All auctions or just ones that someone had bid on in the last 30 minutes?

And just fwiw, too me it's weird when something strange doesn't happen at Snap. (I'm active in 6 auctions at the moment, none ending today, but didn't notice any time changes).

-Allan :gl:

 

[Matrix1976]

All auctions or just ones that someone had bid on in the last 30 minutes?

it was indeed 'ALL' auctions....i was pissed cause i had to leave asap, but had to stay longer because of that since i absolutely wanted at least half a dozen of the 20 or so names i was bidding on...to top it all off, good old saggy got into a bid war with me extending the auction forever

 

[mole]

daylight saving time adjustment

 

[MadAboutDomains]

but daylight savings time was a week ago?

 

[gazzip]

to top it all off, good old saggy got into a bid war with me extending the auction forever

Did you beat him ?

 

[Matrix1976]

Did you beat him ?

hehe, yah, but it try not to do that too often, its quite costly

 

[gazzip]

hehe, yah, but it try not to do that too often, its quite costly

I bet it is ! - Nice one :lala:

 

[SpongyBob]

since there was soooooo many hot domains ending today?

Such as?

 

[Matrix1976]

Such as?

I dont keep the lists past the drop auction dates, but there was several several hundred ovt domains...many as high as 1000-3000ovt/w ext...alot of these domains were part of a well known domainers portfolio...no clear reason why he allowed them to drop. Speculation was that it was either because of legal issues or maybe a registrar 'problem'...



EDIT - ADDED :

well, i just got my response today from snapnames regarding this issue and in response to the following message which i sent to them during the auctions on the 11th :

Customer (XXXXXXXX) 11/12/2005 12:15 PM
what the hell just happened there? ''all'' the auction end times were just increased for no reason, what is that?!?! i have never seen that before on snapnames or any other auction site?? ''

''
Dear SnapNames Customer:

Thank you for contacting SnapNames.com!

Due to the very large number of auctions closing on Saturday our servers were not processing bids at the speed necessary to complete auctions fairly. We therefore extended all auctions 45 minutes so that all auctions could be offered in a fair manner to all participants. Our apologies for the inconvenience.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please let us know. ''

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Funny isnt it?, i was very active during that time, and didnt notice any speed or reliability issues at all...