... the first extension was 37 secs which I was able to bid on. The second extension was 3 secs which I couldn't respond to and the bidder won the auction. I assume that either they were using some app/software to get around the auto extend or Trademe has a bug they aren't being. Up front about. Either way, bidders miss out. Needs investigating definitely.

Hi, Same thing happened to me just now. Bidding on my phone, refreshing immediately and several people bidding and auction auto extending properly. Then two examples of 'short extension' when one bidder bid -