"URGENT!!! This is your last chance to get this equipment (6/13 - 6/14), so please call or stop in today for more information!!! All items are being sold in a K-Bid online auction, which ends Tuesday, 6/14 at 5:30 pm CST. Please follow this link to see current prices and to place your bid:"
The above lead me to believe that the auction ended at 5:50 pm. I guess I'm must be stupid to not realize that this means something other than what's stated!
I think that it would have been less deceptive to state, "... ends Tuesday, 6:14 at 5:30 pm CST, unless extended for a longer period of time in accordance with auctioneer's rules. When I logged in to be a bidder, and before agreeing to abide by the biding rules, I tried to find a link on the screen that would outlines those rules... but none was readily available.
Note to self: Live and learn.