Because due to the last month's auction debacle dragging out the current ad period till the start of the next month, leaving the auction closed for around two weeks seems counter intuitive. I also wouldn't consider extending the auction's end date a violation of the rules.

I understand where you're coming from yet I'd have to disagree. I've extended the auction before it ended (though a bit short notice, I agree) and if the bidders aren't happy with the extension, they're free to withdraw their bids.

I gotta say, you giving ethical advice is a bit hard to take seriously when you think that a mod should be removed for deleting your referral link and ad spam

I'd rather promote services in the proper altcoin thread my affiliate link "maybe" belong in than whore out my Global Mod signature space.

Although, in hindsight, I believe you did the right thing by removing the link.  I didn't know affiliate stuff wasn't allowed in self-modded threads.

The way I saw it... a big reason why Bitcoin was successful was the number of ponzis here on Bitcointalk early on.  At least the service I was linking was honest about what they are doing.

It is very possible to set up a "for sure" paying and "fair" CLAM ponzi using the Proof of Stake system... I guess I try to think the best of people until they prove me different.

It seems that extending the auction is damaging to thewealthapostle (assuming his bid is valid, if not, then it is damaging to irfan_pak10) as doing so will potentially require him to pay a higher bid, or end up not getting to buy mprep's signature space at all.

One should assume that the other bidders would react favorably to extending the auction because it allows them to potentially buy something they would not otherwise be able to purchase.

I would generally view extending the end time of an auction as backing out of a contract, provided of course the terms of the auction do not affirmatively allow this under the circumstances.

If thewealthapostle agreed to the extension (perhaps because he would like additional time to come up with the funds to pay his bid), then I do not see an issue.

The easy solution is to close the auction, collect payment within 48 hours, put up the new advertisement once the current contract expires, and to keep the current end date in mind when subsequently auctioning off your signature space.

Wow. 

MPrep used his global mod powers to edit an auction thread to take my comments out and move them to a new thread.

The auction section of Bitcointalk is supposed to not be able to be edited to hold people to their word during auctions (which Mprep admittedly did not do and now he's using his global mod privileges to edit his auction! LOL)

Go make a real living rather than whoring out your global mod account and abusing your power to cover up your fuck ups..

I fucked off in regards to brigading against you to be removed as a mod when I realized I made a mistake by breaking forum rules in 2015 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1026785.0) and my poll tilted to your side.  I was wrong... as stated bellow earlier.  


I've had three years to think about that at this point and this is the first time I've heard about that since it happened.   


You didn't reject any bids though.  This is another example of you bending the rules to meet your needs.  

I'm going to lock this thread because it's pointless to continue this conversation and I didn't create this thread.  

(I'm sure MPrep will have no problem using his mod powers to unlock this thread to respond if he feels the need to, but as far as I'm concerned he is a scammer (or at the very least a VERY poor business person that causes harm to people that may potentially do business with him) and that is that.

Mprep seems faulty here, just my opinion. Why no Reputed people are getting involved in this.
This is pretty serious topic.

Emphasis by me.

Answer to your Q: Because nothing will happen, except that whenever DT1/DT2 member jumps in to rate accordingly, he/she will lose their DT position easily. Happened multiple times. Current DT system is a shit show. For instance, look what a mess became of OgNasty and many others personal disputes etc. DT misuse at least happened in those cases. Shortly, people are scared to voice themselves. (I've been abused by DT member Vod (link), but nothing really happened to stop it. Vod can keep on abusing/misusing DT trust system and nobody seems to react much. I would increase amount of DT users to combat this sort of bullshit, or remove DT all together, or at least change trust view calculations to not be so heavy when one DT2 member starts abusing. (Vod blackmailed me for instance.... pretty untrustworthy bullshit to me!!))

Changing auction ending time (=auction rules) during the auction isn't OK. Ruling that "bidders can withdraw their bids if they're unhappy" doesn't cover it, as bidders may not watch the auction all the time to notice. However, mprep apparently made it quite clear that he can change the auction rules like that if he wants. And likely all the bidders had the option to cancel their commitment to buy in case they won, after the auction ending time was changed. Right? It's a bit hard to draw the line what are the binding rules for auctioneer in these auctions.. Moving discussions off auctions board I don't agree with, just my 2 cents. Nobody ever gets shit (or whatever posts) posted in their auction threads moved or removed like this. Mods should be fair in that regard, even when the pressure is targeted at the mod. But that's not that big deal, IMO.

But it's quite lame and pathetic to bring up years old single instance mistake already handled and learned from, only to act as a weak (if even that) support on your side and piss people off. Not cool. If you're going to do that, you should also forget everything good people have done and assume everyone is bad no matter what they've done.

Yeah, DT is one of the most abused systems on the forum. I'm sure you can understand where I am coming from.

This is also known as a violation of contract. When you open an auction you are putting out an open offer to contract with any bidders. You could literally be sued for this if he wanted to spend the time and money (and he would win).

Some light reading.
https://mikebrandlyauctioneer.wordpress.com/2009/12/29/the-three-3-types-of-auction-contracts/

This is just another example in an endless chain of examples of rules meaning nothing until the forum overlords decide they do, and it always works out for them. So why should they change it? This is a pathetic abuse of trust exclusions which are nothing but a hand tailored tool to allow the staff to freely exclude people from trust in retaliation for legitimate grievances, no matter how many people trust them (other than the staff).