Why should the buyer "set" the auction ending time on SEDO ???

[Earthian]

Greetings ,




I had websiteology.com for sale on SEDO ...
I received a bid for $140 ...
countered $9000 ...
buyer countered $460 ...
I countered $8000 ...
buyer countered $900 ...
I countered $7000 ...
buyer countered $1500 ...
I countered $5000 ...
buyer ended negotiations ...




I would probably sent it to auction for a $2000 bid and maybe for a $1500 too ... but the buyer bidded the $1500 late on a Friday night (GMT) - early Saturday morning for the US ...




therefore I am thinking why should the buyer have the option to "set" the ending time to a really bad one , like late Friday night (GMT) , late Saturday night (GMT) or worse for Sunday morning (GMT) which is late Saturday night for the US




I think the end time should be set by the seller 3 , 5 or 7 days after he/she sends a domain for auction (he/she could send it to auction up to 5 days after he receives the bid) ...




What are your opinions on this ?

 

[Pound]

Or you could have just waited (I think you have one week to reply) and sent it to auction then.

 

[Earthian]

according to SEDO rules ... after you receive an offer you have 5 days to send it to auction ... the ending time , whatever time YOU send it to auction is gonna be exactly 7 days after the offer was RECEIVED ... therefore the buyer can basically "set" the end time to a bad one , eg. Friday or Saturday night ...





gooster - no difference ... it would have ended late Friday night (7 days after I received the offer ... as described above)