REAs " Honest Auto Bid (TM) "

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Originally Posted by bobfreedman

BST's "overlay" (True Bid)is a name that they came up with for a feature that we did not brand nor market ourselves. They chose to advertise the fact that they cannot see the max bids (and not see PW's etc....) while other AH's chose not to but they do indeed have employed this feature.

Bob - So I am confused a little here. Is the true-bid overlay just BST's term they used to describe what you always do or did they brand and market something new? Is true-bid any additional level of protection to the buyer (no pws, no max bids seen) or is it just the same software and they renamed it? I have yet to see anyone else use true-bid, is that something just for BST or is this something you offer to everyone else? Can I ask how many AHs use your software?

Andy Becker is claiming in post #8 they paid for this overlay...what did they pay for? If its just a switch they named and marketed, what did they pay for? I was under the impression they went an extra mile, an extra mile our hobby needs...back to transparency and integrity. Is it simply the "switch" is gone? IMO that switch shouldn't be an option...that's kinda like taking in a cheat sheet for a test just in case I want to use it...maybe I'm starting to split hairs here, but I feel this is an extremely important issue. AHs should set the standards of the hobby, I don't think that has been the case in past years though...