UPDATE FINAL:
(Ethan Burnside) Hi all, I'm posting this somewhat blind. (haven't caught up with the last 10 or so pages...)
TheSwede75 and I have talked a bit and here's what we've come up with:
- 3 PM CST/4 PM EST is the cutoff for bidding. (EDITED!)
Burnside, you really should honor the time you put, even if it was a mistake.
I apologize for the confusion around EST/EDT. It is too late to fix/change it. Unfortunately those of us in north america almost always refer to the zones as PST/CST/EST/etc regardless of daylight savings. It's a name for the time in the area year round, regardless of the technicality around DST.
And to add to this, I am Swedish which of course never improves matters when it comes to 'those Murcans and their time zones'. Not trying to make light of this but simply stating that I didn't even realize there was a possible issue.