Exactly When Does WHC Close Down TBR Bidding? (1.Viewing)

I ask because pre-WHC takeover, Siber used to close down TBR bidding at around 1:45-1:50 (it was random) and give you the old "come back at 5PM for the results" message, but now bidding is apparently open from 2PM onwards til maybe 4 or 5PM. I can physically place bids right now if I wanted to, and even if it doesn't work, it still looks bad,

Personally, I am little concerned at the potential for fraudulent abuse using post-auction bids to get a domain or get into an auction, but I'm not sure if this is actually possible or the system just makes it "look" like it's possible.

Right now, at 3:35PM, over an hour and a half past the TBR run, I get this screen for any domain I enter at Siber:



What would happen if I placed a $250 bid at 4PM? Would it get added to the pot and put me in the auction for Pastel.ca?

That's why I carefully collate the "top bids" on any auction I am part of at exactly 2PM, thereby protecting myself from any fraudulent post-auction bidding (if it is even possible), but I would appreciate an official answer on the "TBR bid close time" from the WHC brass.

Thanks.

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And as another DN member let me know, the top bid on Pastel.ca has now increased by $100 since I posted that image at 3:35.



But the question remains, what next-bid price will appear at 5PM when the auction opens, the correct $250 or the post-auction next-bid of $350?

Okay, it looks like Siber is playing it the right way, and the next bid on Pastel.ca remains at $250, but Siber/WHC really needs to SHUT DOWN BIDDING HARD at 1:45-1:50 like they used to, as this post-auction bidding availability just looks real sketchy.