The auction site has been extended!

Last night, hundreds of photographers tried accessing the Thirst Relief auction site and their server went down. I couldn't even log in to see who won my session last night nor could I continue to bid on other photographers myself. LOL! We just received this e-mail though so if you were planning on bidding on us at the last minute last night, you have another opportunity today. 🙂 

Here's the updated info: 

"The auctions that were in progress when the server went down have been restarted and extended. They now end in 15 minute intervals starting Thursday morning at 10am.

The host thinks we were being "attacked" by someone overloading the server with web requests. However, we are trying to clarify whether that was actually the case or whether it might just have been a couple of hundred people all hitting "refresh" every five seconds (as people have been conditioned to do by their eBay experiences). That's one reason why we are staggering all the auction ending times now (plus it gives people an opportunity to bid on a second or third choice).

Just remember that the anti-snipe feature means you don't have to check an auction more than once every 5 minutes or so. (Stop thinking like eBay!) It is currently set to extend the auction if a new high bid comes in within 10 minutes of the auction end time – and don't forget – if you are the previous high bidder, you will be notified by e-mail if that happens, so you should have plenty of time to respond. So relax, and bid what you are actually willing to pay. Don't try to snipe in order to win by a nickel at the last minute. (It's a tough habit to break!)Again, the following are the only auctions that ended before the server went down (at 8:30 pm EST) and so have final results:

David Beckstead

Millie Holloman

Laura Novak

Rick and Deborah Fero

Kevin Kubota

Sarah Petty

Bronson Pate

Corey McNabb

LaCour

–Auction Admin"

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