It really is a troubling issue, when you run out of RC you can't even tell the people you are communicating with that you ran out of RC. The system just kicks up a message and there is nothing to be done except invest more in the system that is doing this or wait for the clock to tick by.
I stay at the bottom of the system intentionally to see these types of problems, and attempt the slow ability based build up. I don't use bid bots, at least not intentionally.