<sub>Hi! c: I saw this thread and definitely wanted to pitch in my two cents. I can't support this, for the simple fact that it's just too much for a simple thing that's not really a problem. Everyone has the right to run their auction the way they want, just like anyone has the right to sell their items the way they want.

“--Auctions MUST have an end date stated in the MAIN post.
--If the end date lists a specific hour, it must be in LD time”
It’s understandable to want this; it irritates me when it comes to people changing their auction end dates to a week away the day it was originally supposed to end. I can’t see anything wrong with this to be completely honest, but how are you to account for days where players can’t be online to see it (with site downtimes, holidays, work, etc.)? It’s unreasonable to change the end date in general, but what about those who choose an end date based on what the bidding gets to? That’s also a reasonable way of looking at things and would definitely be a way to bypass this, and a completely reasonable one at that. Of course, I completely agree with this aspect and think that it’s more than fair that they should have to list a specific end date in the main post.

“ --The seller cannot back out of an auction unless for a reason proven valid by a moderator
--The seller may cancel the auction if there are no bids after 3 days of the auction being live.”
I still believe strongly that the bidder reserves the right to end the auction based on bids. If I were to be selling an item that I valued at say, 50GB, and the bidding was only at 5GB, I’d be more than happy to wait until the market for that item increases to try and sell it, and I don’t think anyone has the right to tell me I can’t. Bidders should understand that sellers still own the item and have the right to decide what to do with the item at any moment; the bidders are not entitled to the item just because the bidders are offering money for it. Moderators should not be the arbiter in these decisions and should definitely not be given the power to make an ultimatum, as an auction is not necessarily a promise of a sale like a trade in the Trading Center is. Again, if you want to have the complete promise of a purchase, use the Trading Center’s wonderful Buy Out feature. There would have to be many measures for “Is this a viable reason” and not just some silly-nilly,“Oh you want to keep it to use yourself? That’s not a good enough reason, give it to them.” Because that’s bound to happen if anything like this isn’t outlined in a guide for moderators to use.
 

“ --There should be repercussions for refusing to pay/refusing to send items won.”
I’m trying to group these as they pertain to one another, just for the sake of this post being as short as possible. Forgive any typos or grammatical issues at this point, it’s 1AM and I have nothing better to do. Again, an auction is just a possibility of a sale and not a promise of one. Bidders can expect to get the item only if the price pleases the seller; sadly, it’s not that way in most auctions in real life, but this game is online and folks have more control over how their items are sold. Folks in real life often bid on their own items if they don’t sell for as much as they’d like, and get their items back, if what I’m remembering is correct; ending an auction early without selling the item is basically a seller’s safety, like someone bidding on their own item in real life is theirs. If payment has been sent to the seller and the seller chooses to keep the payment and the item, I believe then you should contact a staff member to get this sorted. Please remember this is trading on a promise, and I believe auctioning can be basically sold off as “Trading on a Promise” and that is frowned upon by the staff.
Check Rule 14 under “Member Behavior” on the Terms and Conditions.
14. We CANNOT and WILL NOT moderate what we call "promise transactions". This is a type of transaction that doesn't take advantage of the implemented game's trading system or studding system to conduct a trade, studding, or other action which involves an exchange of game assets. We STRONGLY advise that you do not transfer anything to other members on the promise that they will do something in return, e.g. breed your lioness and send her back, reserve future-bred cubs for you, etc. If you do partake in a "promise transaction" then it is completely at your own risk. If you get burned by not getting your game assets back, we will not intervene. "Promise transactions" include refusal to use the trading center, in-game breeding system (trading studdings for items, for example) or any other method of secure transaction on Lioden.
Last time I checked, an auction is not a secure transaction as nothing is guaranteed by it and does not generally take advantage of the TC or any other method of secure transfers, just a simple written word transaction that isn’t bound or upheld by the site itself. I will forever encourage you to use the Trading Center and have a Buy Out ready, because the Trading Center is basically an auction house!

“--The seller would have a 7-10 day grace period to send the item once the auction ends since life is a thing and we shouldn't punish people for having lives.
--If a bidder decides to withdraw, they MUST tell the seller.”
You should always be prepared to send the auction item the day it is won by someone, if your intention is to sell it. If there is a potential problem with this, a quick mail to the person you’re selling to is a simple solution. I understand things come up and sometimes Lioden needs to be put on the back burner for a while, of course, but having a trade already set up with the item is easy, guys.
Use the Trading Center. It’s a lot less descriptive than a forum post, but it is SO much safer and while it’s harder to sell multiple items because you’ll need multiple trades, making a forum post advertising your trades is easy as well and you basically let the Trading Center do all the keeping up with bids and offering Buy Outs, all while guaranteeing payment and items being sent to the right places and you still reserve the right to cancel the trade at any time.
Alerting the seller if you’re backing out of an auction is generally a rule of thumb when bidding and while it’s normally frowned upon to back out of an auction, it’s courteous and kind to the seller. Heck, maybe they won’t even have to back out, and they’ll just be outbid! Do the world a favor and please always alert the seller if you back out of an auction, please. That’s money out of your pocket that you may not have if you win it, and that’s also breaking the trust of someone you didn’t mean to do so too.

I heavily encourage the use of the Trading Center instead of forum auctions, but that's just because it's a beautifully simple way to keep from being scammed, and it’s literally the exact same thing, save for you don’t have the item to elaborate on the items, and it’s simple, to the point, and guarantees items and payment are sent. What you’re basically asking for is a complete overhaul of the current forum system to make room for these rules, which takes long hours of coding, testing, then after you launch it, there’s the possibility of huge amounts of lag and tons of bugs to be found, which leads to possible downtime of the site and even more coding in the worst-case scenario. No support for the above reasons, but I can see why people would support it.

EDIT: Also, for those wondering, this is the Auction House thread.</sub>