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Originally Posted by slipk1068
Can someone give me a legitimate reason why it would be useful for an AH to see max bids and why any software developer would offer this feature in auction software?
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There are no legitimate reasons to see a max bid...none. This is part of the reason I feel as strongly as I do about BST. When they advertised initially they touched on this and I felt it was glossed over by the community as a whole, but I feel this is very important and says something about the owners of BST, Becker, Spano and Terjung. Integrity lacks in our hobby and this was a step in the right direction before they even got their business off the ground. According to their site, True-bid was an overlay to the previous software. Id be curious to hear from one of the owners what all this entailed, but I felt it became the gold standard in our hobby. My thought was "why would BST add an addition layer of protection, for us the buyers" and in the end it all comes down to integrity.
The second part of questions, I believe, is that its not up to the developer to make the decisions about the "switches". I heard rumors in the hobby for years about passwords and max bids...obviously. I always thought the developer had their own job and is essentially working for the AH at that point. I'm wondering who first requested to use it, I'd also love to see a list of AHs that can see my password...I know BST cannot.
I'd love to hear more about the "true bid overlay" and think this is the direction that AHs need to go, transparency and integrity will get my business.
Protect your joy-
S Suckow