If an auction ends at 17:42 why is a bid 20 seconds after considered a winning bid?

Bidding ends a set number of days after the auction started down to the exact second. Bids are accepted so long as a bid for a valid amount is received by eBay's server before the auction ends, even if those bids are not displayed on individual bidders' pages around the world until a few seconds later. eBay does not extend bidding. Once you have bid your maximum, bid extensions can not help you, only hurt you. For some unknown reason eBay no longer displays the ending time to the secon...

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