Lots of things can be attempted, with no guarantee of success and some likely pitfalls.
1. Run another auction for some limited time, say 24 hours or 48 hours.
We don't know what happened last time. One of the many "quirks" the site is experiencing. I think auction debug is very low on the priority list for anyone capable of looking into it. Why wouldn't we expect some other strange behavior again.
For example, all the auctions were put up at the same time and should have finished within an hour or so of each other.
2. Run an "auction" in the threads for 24 hours and bypass the software all together.
This could work, but what about the guy that doesn't see the thread posts and once everything is settled he comes up and says "wait a minute, I won the auction and I didn't see your post here about doing another one".
Anything is possible, I could contact every person who has placed a bid and make sure everyone knows what we are doing. That would probably work, I'm just not willing to put in the effort that it would require. I suppose that is on me. This was my decision alone, not something the BOD voted on.
This became a major pain in the butt as soon as I went to post the very first auction item and realized pictures were going to be a problem. My patience grew thin quite quickly, then more site issues causing more headaches. This may give some insight as to why I chose the path that I did, right or wrong....
1. Run another auction for some limited time, say 24 hours or 48 hours.
We don't know what happened last time. One of the many "quirks" the site is experiencing. I think auction debug is very low on the priority list for anyone capable of looking into it. Why wouldn't we expect some other strange behavior again.
For example, all the auctions were put up at the same time and should have finished within an hour or so of each other.
2. Run an "auction" in the threads for 24 hours and bypass the software all together.
This could work, but what about the guy that doesn't see the thread posts and once everything is settled he comes up and says "wait a minute, I won the auction and I didn't see your post here about doing another one".
Anything is possible, I could contact every person who has placed a bid and make sure everyone knows what we are doing. That would probably work, I'm just not willing to put in the effort that it would require. I suppose that is on me. This was my decision alone, not something the BOD voted on.
This became a major pain in the butt as soon as I went to post the very first auction item and realized pictures were going to be a problem. My patience grew thin quite quickly, then more site issues causing more headaches. This may give some insight as to why I chose the path that I did, right or wrong....