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Originally Posted by Tinordi
A deadline's a deadline meaning that if you extend the deadline another 3 minutes then everyone will treat 3:03 as the new deadline. Basically that's the nature of deadlines.
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But then they are putting a lot of faith in there actually being a last minute deal to extend the deadline. A GM couldn't just assume that there would be a 2:59:59 (or subsequent 3:02:59) deal to extend the deadline. There would still have to be an urgency to get it done. Three minutes isn't a lot of time to negotiate. For it to work, the post 3pm deal would have had to have been worked out already pending another deal happening first.
Neither system would be perfect though, I agree.
(It's the same system some online auctions use to avoid last minute bids without giving others a chance to respond).