if he doesn't pick it up I should win, why extend the auction?
well it doesnt matter. buyer did pick up tonight. bracelet is no longer available.
on side note, not sure how i feel about pm / icq buyouts. i know as a interested buyer this would be frustrating. i would definitely not do icq pm bids. but i figure if its a buyout that persons getting the item anyway so it doesnt matter if they post or not, and some people prefer not to post.
my reasoning for extending the auction a day if by chance the item wasnt picked up was because i feel people would be less likely to bid on an item thats already pending sale.
and this has nothing to do with who bought it, over the past i have just had a good number of people offer / buyout items and then not pick up for a week or more (if at all). i wanted to sell this fast and would not have held an item that long.
i rarely run auctions, most of my sales are em items and are conducted via icq. if someone agreed to buy an item, but i have others interested, i always tell them the item is sold but if the sale happens to fall thru ill let them know. extending the auction would have been my way of doing that for an auction setting.