But, alas, the bid deadline expired on July 17th without a single bidder coming forward.
Chrysler wants the U.S. Bankruptcy Court to approve bidding rules for the auction that would require creditor objections to be submitted by May 11 with the competing bid deadline set at May 15.
Dell had until midnight Wednesday to match this bid, but the deadline passed with no word from Dell.
The deadline for the bid is 30 March.
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Now, House Republicans have seized on this idea as part of their bid to extend the debt ceiling deadline until mid-May.
Founder and former Chairman Richard Schulze did not deliver a bid for the company by a midnight deadline, after it appeared he was unable to secure the financing to take the company private.
Interestingly, Etsy also offers a service called Alchemy, where buyers request a specific product they want made, along with a deadline and price range, and sellers bid to provide that product for a certain fee.
The struggling electronics chain also said Friday that it did not receive a buyout bid from its co-founder Richard Schulze by the deadline Thursday, ending one question mark that had been hovering over the Minneapolis company.
Another possibility is that Barclays will launch an upgraded offer very close to the July 23 deadline and make it challenging for the consortium to adjust its own bid.
At the deadline of 18:00 GMT on Thursday, it had attracted one bid and the sale closed.
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Only South Africa, Ghana and Libya managed to submit bids before the deadline of 23 November 2003, but proposals from Ivory Coast as well as a joint bid between Gabon and Equatorial Guinea have also been accepted.
But that deadline has been extended indefinitely after Mr Scheckter started legal action, which has so far included a failed bid for a judicial review.
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