I set up auctions with an ending time of approximately 11PM EST Sunday through Wednesday. My thinking is simply that the buyer is probably in the US and likely to be home to bid at the end. This time probably works for Japanese bidders at work too.
Joe
At 02:20 PM 8/23/01 -0400, Sheldon Brown wrote:
>I'm going to be offering a bike on eBay for a customer (this is a new
>experiment for me!)
>
>This particular bike is one that is most likely to be of interest to
>a Japanese collector, and I'm wondering if anybody has advice about
>what time of day/day of week would be good to have the auction end...?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Sheldon "eBay Newbie" Brown
>Newtonville, Massachusetts
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