The Three Worst Things People Do In Auctions, from Least to Worst:
3. Trading away pets they offer for the auctioned pet.
2. Trading away the auctioned pet.
1. Never. finishing. the. effing. auction. >.>

I remember the last auction I pulled out of. It was for an ornament newborn, begun back before its rarity was announced, The auctioneer kept pushing back and pushing back their end date, and a couple days after it ended, I withdrew my offer and said, "I'm withdrawing my offer, since this auction doesn't seem like it's ending anytime soon... =/"
The auctioneer got all huffy and said the auction WAS over and he'd be choosing the winner from the bids that WEREN'T withdrawn, and that he'd be doing that that night.
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That, ladies and gentlemen, was five nights ago. It doesn't much matter to me, since I've withdrawn and I'm happy to keep my lioness (the lioness was a part of my offer) but it just amuses me to see lie after lie.... I keep it bookmarked, still, and check back. No new posts and the pet still belongs to the auctioneer. Amusing. XD