i vote for a provisional close date -- that way if not enough tickets are sold, it automatically extends.....

also, what about people that don't like to use paypal? paypal has a very bad rep. among quite a few ... check out nopaypal.com for details on this issue.....

I would suggest posting the auction on DJ boards like wavemusic.com and futureproducers.com as well as others -- helps to increase fund contributions.....