I think that if a question needs to be asked, 
then it is part of the deputy's business to ask 
it for you. However, I *very* much support the
"ask smart questions" angle of this. It's 
pointless to bother your deputy to ask about 
things that are covered in the item description, 
and it's pointless to have your deputy constantly 
asking for, say, shipping rates when you can 
easily guess them yourself. (It's different if 
you're talking a 12-volume manga set or a lot of 
50 cels. . . But for your average 1 - 3 cel 
auction, that's being a bother.)

And like with any online auction, you have to 
give plenty of time for the seller to reply. When 
I list things on Ebay, I'm usually astounded by 
all the people who ask questions in the last half-
hour of the auction. Why not ask earlier? o_0 Who 
says that I'm on watching the end of my auctions? 
I sometimes don't. . . When working through a 
deputy, keep in mind that once you want a question
asked, your message has to first make it to your 
deputy, then from there to the seller, then back 
to the deputy before it gets to you! I'd say 2-3 
days *at least*. . . Heck, if an auction has only 
a day left to go, I assume I wouldn't even be 
able to get in touch with a deputy in time to get 
it, much less ask a question.

Many Sharp Smiles,
--Drac