Gearing up for the next Net54 board contest

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Posted By: leon

I am getting ready for the next board contest and am soliciting opinions. I like the "guess the price" of a featured ebay auction as it lets everyone play and it doesn't really "out" an ongoing auction as it's already "featured". I think the closest to the final price is good, over or under.....I do want to contemplate a dollar amount spread that you have to bid with respect to what anyone else has already bid....so someone doesn't bid 1 cent more than someone else.....ideas?? (also, once received one of Hal's books will be included with the prize...which will be a card but as yet undetermined).....best regards

we aren't "Met54" so I changed the title....

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Posted By: barrysloate

The guess the price contest works fine, but as I pointed out, when the thread reaches 100 posts it's a great deal of work to make sure you are x number of dollars higher and lower than someone else's guess. Is there any way to make that easier?

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Posted By: Rob Dewolf

While I think the reason for trying to implement some kind of "spread" so that you don't get bids that are 1-cent above someone else's is a noble one, I'm not sure logistically how to do it. To ask someone to scroll through an entire page and track existing bids is a bit much, imo. (Plus, if that bidding strategy was OK for The Price is Right, it's OK for me.)

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Posted By: Dan Kravitz

How about one of the Boston Garters in Hunt's next auction. The numbers should be all over the board and no one has any idea where they will land.

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Posted By: leon

Thanks for the feedback so far. The Garters will have certain increments so I don't really want to make them the contest...there could only be about 10-20 increments on each one and with over 100 board participants on guessing, it would be too cramped...regards

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Posted By: Joseph

I don't know if you've ever tried something like this:


Identify this Hall of Famer and the tobacco set from which the eyes were plucked:



These can be as difficult as you want them to be...

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Posted By: barrysloate

I've got the new contest!

Everybody is to write a 100 word essay "Why I Like to Collect Baseball Cards" and I will grade them for originality, spelling, and grammar.

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Posted By: peter chao

Sounds like a good idea. Just skip the part about spelling and grammar.

Peter

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Posted By: martindl

I like the contest pretty much as is - guessing the price on an Ebay item seems to work fine. Regarding a spread, if you use CNTL F, you can pretty easily do a find on the amount you're thinking i.e. if your guess is $2354.89, do a find on 235 and then 234 and it should be simple to determine your bid.

One thing I would change is the ability to have one edit. I think you should get one guess and thats it.

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Posted By: Jimmy

I think the current contest works fine

Jimmy

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Posted By: peter chao

I agree with Martin, contest is better without edits.

Peter

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Posted By: Jason L

now THAT is a cool contest idea!

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Posted By: Anson

What about the final price of the T206 Wagner that just hit Ebay?

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Posted By: Frank Wakefield

I agree with Barry's concern about 100+ posts... Sorting through those would be less difficult if "we" limit ourselves to short posts

with

few

lines. ( ie less vertical space )

Frank.

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Posted By: peter chao

All we really need to do is eliminate the commentary and just input a number.

Peter

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Posted By: Jared

Yeah, just make a strict posting format policy (ie, price only, no $ sign or commentary). Anyone who doesn't adhere to the format is disqualified.

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Posted By: barrysloate

Okay- how about this:

I'm thinking of a number between 1 and 1000. Whoever guesses it wins the contest!

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Posted By: D

Guessing it isn't 755 or 756.

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Posted By: barrysloate

That's it- you got it! Contest over.

What did you win?

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Posted By: DMcD

Happy Fourth everybody.
God Bless America!!

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Posted By: peter chao

What's the prize this time around.

Peter