[houdini]

I am planning to stagger the bid deadlines to try and alleviate some server load.

My idea is to have three different deadlines:

Prospect & Rookie autos - Saturday April 26th @ 11pm EDT
Prospect Chrome - Sunday April 27th @ 11pm EDT
Minis & Parallel/Insert Lots - Monday April 28th @11pm EDT

Payment deadline - Tuesday April 29th @ noon EDT

Break starting - Wednesday April 30th @ noon EDT (maybe earlier if possible)

My thought process is that everyone will be gunning for the autos as usual. If I put the autos last, bidders may skip the other sections and focus entirely on the autos - saving their money for that one final push.

So if we put the autos first, then everyone will know their remaining budget (if any) for the chrome, mini, and insert lots.

So, does this make sense or should we try to have it end all at once again? We REALLY slowed the server last time and that was just 20 cases of Contenders.