It's my turn for a '****ty auction system server that cost me tokens rah rah rah' post.
So I was looking at this player, not great but better than most in my dreadful TM. I decided to bid for him, but I left it late, 3 seconds left in the initial round. Then I got the usual "Wait, Nordeus is having a wank right now", and the 3 seconds disappeared.
It accepted my bid, cost me a token but I didn't qualify for the knockout round Now I know that if you bid late, you stand a chance of not having your bid accepted - but this time they accepted my bid, took my token and then pretended I wasn't even there. Fustercluck of a bidding system.