FWIW, my recollection from my SPOOKY scam is that noting cares about the end of an unction actually been announced.
Gaelan > On Apr 8, 2019, at 5:26 PM, Kerim Aydin <ke...@uw.edu> wrote: > > > On 4/8/2019 12:03 PM, James Cook wrote: >> I've just been busy, personally. > > Ya I totally meant to add the "just busy" option... > >> When I have time I've been meaning to >> figure out what the rules say about the zombie auction I bid in that >> never was announced completed, so technically I'm not lacking for >> something to do. > > Hmm, it's in the last two paragraphs of Rule 2551: >> For each lot in the Auction, the winner of that lot is the player >> with the highest priority on the Auction who has not won any >> previous lot. If there are more lots than there are persons with >> non-withdrawn bids, the excess lots are not won by any person. >> >> The winner of a lot SHALL pay the Auctioneer the number of the >> Auction's currency equal to eir bid, in a single payment, in a >> timely fashion. When e does so, if the auctioneer CAN transfer the >> items in that lot to that winner at will, e immediately does so; >> otherwise, e SHALL do so in a timely fashion. > > This puts the burden on the highest bidder to pay "in a timely fashion". > > In a timely fashion from what? Probably from when the auction ends > (automatically), not from the announcement. So this means you should > have paid, and broke the SHALL by not paying, and the announcement doesn't > affect that at all. But maybe that's wrong. > > And if you pay now, do you get the zombie? Dunno. In the last paragraph, > in "When e does so", is the "does so" referring to (SHALL pay) or (SHALL pay > [...] in a timely fashion)? I think the latter which means you wouldn't > be able to pay now? > > That's not really ideal... > > -G. >
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