I've just noticed a small bug in the way auction listings work. The way the system is set up is that a thread will receive a sticky at the top of the forum when the auction is close to finishing. However, if you change your auction listing to extend the end date it doesn't remove it from the top "Ending Soon:" section immediately. Infact I'm not sure when the cutoff is to drop the stick thread status, the original auction ending time? It is a small bug but it could be manipulated by a seller to gain extra exposure.
It should automatically unstick based on the original auction end date. Bumped threads are not restuck for the last hour (it's already designed that way to prevent abuse).
Could you tell me Shawn why this thread hasn't ended yet... is it a bug or did the OP bump/re-list and if he did, shouldn't the end date change ?