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I see no problem "outing" an auction. I am careful not to crap on something a board member may be trying sell. However "does that look right" kind of posts are fine with me.
I've seen instances where someone simply posts "wow, did you see that Cobb on Heritage. . ." and people get their panties in a twist. Like it's a big secret or something. Never understood that at all, like we are supposed to be quiet and not draw attention to someone that some dude is looking at. On the internet. All poppycock if you ask me. Long winded. . . I have no problem "outing an auction" and for the life of me just don't get it. I've been accused of outing entire auctions. "Hey, is anyone watching Hunt" kind of stuff. Evan a deeper level of absurdity. Last edited by Snapolit1; 03-12-2018 at 11:54 AM. |
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Not posting an ongoing auction is one of those 'unwritten rules,' as in baseball. Some people are strongly for this rule and insist everyone should follow it, but it is not a codified rule except in their minds. At the latest broken MLB unwritten rule brewhaha, some baseball people will respond "There's a reason it's unwritten. Because it ain't a rule."
I'm not against the rule and follow it (except in private conversations), but nowhere is it a law and, as in baseball, it gets comical when someone gets bent out of shape about unwritten rules that "have to be followed by everyone." Certainly, if the public comments are about authenticity, identity, dating or important details concerning a current auction lot, those are talked about on this board with regularity and don't break that "unwritten rule." Last edited by drcy; 03-12-2018 at 01:36 PM. |
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I personally don't like when someone outs an auction.
What bothers me the most is when a seller outs his own auction to beef up interest. If that's okay to do, then I will out all my auctions. |
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Why wouldn't you want to beef up interest in your items? If someone wants to give their items away, they can take them to Goodwill rather than leaving it to chance at the mercy of the unwritten rules of secret auctions.
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So what's the purpose of 'not outing an auction'? Allowing someone to pay less than fair market value for an item? Artificially limiting demand for an item and therefore reducing a seller's income? Manipulating free market conditions?
I'm all for fair and efficient markets. The whole things sounds communist to me.
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The purpose doesn't really matter does it?
What does matter to me is if something is listed oddly or in a place that's not obvious. Like lets say I list a bunch of stuff and forget to change the category so a T206 Cobb gets listed in the bicycle parts section of Ebay. As a buyer, I wouldn't want the entire list to know about it. Even though many people use specific searches and it will probably bring an appropriate price anyway. If it's in the baseball card section, out away, everyone who is going to outbid me - nearly everyone- has probably seen it. If a card or something is in a small poorly publicized auction, that's something I'd like to keep fairly quiet. That being said, when the auction I used to go to(now closed) had cards that I thought were a good fit for someone that I couldn't afford I did tell a couple people who I knew might be interested. Just not publicly |
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On the BST page there is an section where people can pimp their own auctions if they want. Doesn't belong on page 1.
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So you don't like when someone outs an auction, yet have a link on your posts to your eBay page. Mmmmm. Trying to process that.
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The major issue that has happened MANY times on this board and others, is that by outing an auction, you've now jeopardized the completion of an agreed to sale. That's why I asked years ago on the board, and the consensus was that you should wait 7 days to ask about a sale. That gives the buyer enough time to pay and the seller to deliver.
Many times, unscrupulous people (and yes, this board has their fair share or lurkers) will contact the seller and get them to cancel the sale in favor of a higher priced off-eBay deal. Hell, it just happened in February on the 1951 Bowman Mantle PSA 4.5. And advertising your eBay page is a ton different than saying "Hey guys, there is this awesome T206 on eBay ending tomorrow!" in a post on the front page. If there's fraud, I get it. But don't just post an item asking if it's fraudulent just because the price is too good.
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I don't understand the concept of "outing" an auction, is it hidden where no one can see it?
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When setting up your Net54 profile, there is a place to enter your home page url. So, every time you post something on the board, it will be displayed. Try to process that!
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And to answer a question above, yes paid advertisers will be able to advertise on the front page but they are few and far between (besides auction date notes.) And lastly, except for outing your own auction, there is no board rule against outing anything. It has been discussed many times before.
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Just curious...What's the logic behind this policy?
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BST transactions ...in the correct areas
We have areas to do those transactions. So after being warned, if someone does it again (and there were no pure mistakes involved), they are gone. Does that seem wrong to you?
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