Legendary Auctions Extended Bidding

[E93]

I do not really get what the two hour limbo period is for. Why not just state that the 30 minute clock will begin at X:XX pm.
JimB

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by E93

I do not really get what the two hour limbo period is for. Why not just state that the 30 minute clock will begin at X:XX pm.
JimB

I am new to legendary, so what do you mean by "two hour limbo"?

[packs]

I always have an image of some frantic bidder who had been blown out on the items he really wanted placing bids against me in extended time just so they can say they won something, when they don't even want what they took from me.

[RCMcKenzie]

Yes, it is extremely rude to outbid me. Please do not outbid me in extended bidding tomorrow.

I was the high bidder on the Devore OM in the last LOTG and some people had the audacity to outbid me while I was away having dinner. The nerve of some people.

[bn2cardz]

I will clarify that when I say rude... it is more like the way the auction is set up that would make it feel rude. I have been outbid in extended bidding before, that doesn't bother me. With the way Legendary is set up it makes it a very annoying thing for someone to wait until extended bidding to outbid someone, because that person now has no way of going for something else that may have been farther down their priority list, yet still within their range of willing to pay.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

I will clarify that when I say rude... it is more like the way the auction is set up that would make it feel rude. I have been outbid in extended bidding before, that doesn't bother me. With the way Legendary is set up it makes it a very annoying thing for someone to wait until extended bidding to outbid someone, because that person now has no way of going for something else that may have been farther down their priority list, yet still within their range of willing to pay.

Just bid the 1st day and you should be fine. The starting bids are always way lower than the bids will end up

Joe

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by bn2cardz

I will clarify that when I say rude... it is more like the way the auction is set up that would make it feel rude. I have been outbid in extended bidding before, that doesn't bother me. With the way Legendary is set up it makes it a very annoying thing for someone to wait until extended bidding to outbid someone, because that person now has no way of going for something else that may have been farther down their priority list, yet still within their range of willing to pay.

So, you get outbid in extended bidding on item 1 and choose to go after a card you had not bid on during regular bidding (item 2) If I was the only bidder on that item (item 2) and you come in and outbid me during extended bidding after you knew you couldn't win item 1, isn't that then even MORE rude to me? Please put yourself in the other person's shoes for a minute. How selfish of you!

Seriously??? This is ridiculous! As others mentioned, bid early and give yourself the flexibility to bid on those other items during extended bidding. Be happy if you are the only bidder before extended bidding begins so you won't have to worry about guys like you who divert their funds elsewhere at the last minute! Rude, hmph!!!

All I know is that this mentality really rubs me the wrong way.

[Jaybird]

Thanks for outing the auction.

[nolemmings]

I like auctions where an individual lot closes if no bids are received within 15/30 minutes. I can then put that card in the bank (or not) and move on. I then have been able to apply much of my "left over" bid money to other lots. Sure I can lose out more quickly too, but I'm not scrambling on a whole bunch at once in the end.

I don't like auctions that don't allow you to bid extended without a prior bid where the item got no action. Goodwin had nearly two hundred Famous & Barr cards in an auction last year listed separately with $100 openers. This was right on the cusp of what I thought the cards would sell for after BP, so I was reluctant to put placeholders on dozens and dozens of cards when I would have really only been able to afford about 10-15. Sure enough, even though these were basically fungible commons several that I wanted went completely untouched and thus frozen while others I wanted went higher than I was willing to pay. In such a scenario I would have gladly entered late bids and won many at the minimum, and assume the consignor/seller would have been OK with that. Instead, these cards just went unsold and I won fewer than I wanted for less (total) than I was willing to spend. Had I put placeholder bids on all cards I wanted and hit most or all of them, I would have come out of pocket way too much for the balance sheet.

Bottom line, zero bid items should automatically be allowed to go to extended bidding--what's the downside?

[collectbaseball]

Originally Posted by nolemmings

Bottom line, zero bid items should automatically be allowed to go to extended bidding--what's the downside?

You could always contact the auction house after the fact and see if they'll let you purchase them at the minimum bid