a silent auction doesn't enable you to know if 
you've been sniped in the ass. Since you don't 
know what time it ends you literally have to sit 
and wait and wait and wait.... How the hell is 
anyone suppose to know if they got outbid? Uh duh 
you DO NOT! Good idea needs work. I'd rather have 
a damn bidding war if necessary, at least then I 
have a chance to raise by bid if I am outbid 
BEFORE the auction ends. Besides not all of us 
have infinite time to waste time always infront 
of a freaking CPU.