Pre-order 'end of .uk RoR' domains

DomainOrder · Jul 12, 2019

Tea time

If you have doubts, please mail [email protected]

poetry · Jul 12, 2019

14.00 but not uk time? no high bid show. most bids happen in last minute so
complete shitshow.

Siusaidh · Jul 12, 2019

Frustrated! I wanted one of those domains but I saw 2pm and thought GMT, and missed it.

Domaintial · Jul 12, 2019

poetry said:
14.00 but not uk time? no high bid show. most bids happen in last minute so
complete shitshow.

Makes the case for the long raging debate that we ( @RobM @bluerock and others ) often have about "don't leave bidding to the last minute"... I seemed to have picked up 9 out of 23 domains we were bidding on... won't count chickens until they are on tag.

Siusaidh said:
Frustrated! I wanted one of those domains but I saw 2pm and thought GMT, and missed it.

TBF... the dashboard and I think auction page itself did have the auction time/clock in the top right... but I only realised it wasn't GMT at 13:summing when I went to check on the auctions and noticed they were all ended... so you weren't alone there.

medit · Jul 12, 2019

Why can't we place any bids ?

The email from domainorder and website clearly states 14:00 CET.

It's not yet 14:00 CET

DomainOrder · Jul 12, 2019

Sorry guys, but we are located in the Netherlands and always use Amsterdam local time.

Siusaidh · Jul 12, 2019

Yeah, that's totally fair enough! I was just cross with myself. I don't suppose artificialintelligence.uk failed to sell? I wanted that one.

ian · Jul 12, 2019

medit said:
Why can't we place any bids ?

The email from domainorder and website clearly states 14:00 CET.

It's not yet 14:00 CET

It is, CET is +1 ahead of BST, +2 ahead of UTC

medit · Jul 12, 2019

It is currently 13:28 CET. So there should be plenty of time to bid right now. Why are the auctions showing as closed?

ian · Jul 12, 2019

medit said:
It is currently 13:28 CET. So there should be plenty of time to bid right now. Why are the auctions showing as closed?

https://time.is/CET

RobM · Jul 12, 2019

Actually that's wrong. It's 13:28 CET and 14:28 CEST. I'm in Malta - we are on CEST.

Explanation here:
https://24timezones.com/time-zone/cet

daxio · Jul 12, 2019

I think medit is correct , NL is currently on CEST not CET , just like we are on BST and not GMT. I think you’ve messed up there guys.

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medit · Jul 12, 2019

It's 13:28 CET. Domainorder should extend the auctions.

Jiblob · Jul 12, 2019

Jesus christ, his customers are going to be annoyed that they missed out on willing customers. All of the winning bidder emails will have been sent automatically now and it's all finalised, no chance for renegotiation now

daxio · Jul 12, 2019

DomainOrder said:
Sorry guys, but we are located in the Netherlands and always use Amsterdam local time.

Amsterdam local time is not CET.

medit · Jul 12, 2019

DomainOrder said:
Sorry guys, but we are located in the Netherlands and always use Amsterdam local time.

Your marketing emails clearly state 14:00 CET end date. It is currently 13:35 CET.

Please extend the auctions.

RobM · Jul 12, 2019

... or change your emails to say CEST in summer and CET in winter

poetry · Jul 12, 2019

bad for customers but i would think that error would have cost the vendor at least 50-100k (euros!)

Domaintial · Jul 12, 2019

Jiblob said:
Jesus christ, his customers are going to be annoyed that they missed out on willing customers. All of the winning bidder emails will have been sent automatically now and it's all finalised, no chance for renegotiation now.

Or have they....

Have they? I've not had anything yet... wondering what the process is for the ones we've won.

If the auctions have ended, they are binding, it would be the same the other way around...