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Julian's avatar

The 4522-7000 auction ended an hour early, at a suspiciously round ¥100k. Irritated as I had a snipe bid on it.

The Grand Seiko Guy's avatar

Hi Julian - I'm pretty sure that auction closed on-time. I watched it from my "watchlist" for the last 30 minutes or so. The snipe wouldn't have worked since Yahoo Auctions was completely broken at the time the auction was scheduled to finish (see this week's newsletter that has just gone out). Unfortunately, it's one of the few auctions from last week that didn't get relisted. I guess the seller was happy with the 100,000 Yen, and I'm sure the successful bidder was absolutely delighted!

Scott Iverson's avatar

That VFA was going to sell for peanuts regardless.

The Grand Seiko Guy's avatar

VFA auction has been cancelled. Expect it to make a reappearance soon!

Scott Iverson's avatar

Working now.

Notice the end links differ. Bet it’s just as flimsy though. Unbefitting a Special much less a VFA

Scott Iverson's avatar

* hooded Special (6156 8040)

Scott Iverson's avatar

6185 8021

XQB220 smh

Also, the first stained silver dialed VFA I’ve ever seen, always pristine

The Grand Seiko Guy's avatar

I think YJ is broken. I'm getting an error on every auction, and not seen any bids placed on any of my watch list for the last couple of hours.

SGcollector's avatar

Wonder if the error affected the winning bid.

The Grand Seiko Guy's avatar

I think there was a period of at least 3 hours where it was impossible to place any bids. Actually it was impossible to even see any individual auctions, but for some reason my watch list still worked, so I was just watching auctions close out at some ridiculous prices!

Pretty sure YJ will have informed the sellers of all the effected auctions. Quite a few have already been cancelled and relisted this morning.

jcl's avatar

Decent variety and selection!