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I just received notice that I was outbid on an item. How is this possible if the auction doesn't open back up until 9 EST tonight? WTF?
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Nice, huh? |
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Mark, I can guarantee you this was not a planned situation. It is a nightmare for auction houses when these things happen. .
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Leon Luckey www.luckeycards.com Last edited by Leon; 04-25-2022 at 10:27 AM. |
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Not saying it was planned, but they sure found a way to take advantage of the situation. |
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But let's spitball and make up a number. Let's say this adds something crazy like $250k in bids that they WOULDN'T have gotten yesterday. That would likely add about $62,500 to REA's bottom line. Does anyone REALLY think this hassle, bad publicity, pissed off buyers AND consignors (consignors like things to go as planned, period) and aggravation is worth $62,500 to REA?
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1. Server crashed. Accident that is a bummer for everyone. 2. Auction SHOULD resume the next evening from the point where it crashed, in other words, as lots are going into individual 10 minute rule. 3. REA instead opens up the auction all day today and puts that estimated $62,500 in their pocket, and lots of smiles on the faces of their consigners. So, in your scenario, my issue is with that marginal $62.5k garnered by adding another day to the auction needlessly. To be clear, I honestly believe REA would've rather had the servers stay up and things work as expected. But when they didn't, there was no valid excuse to pad the bidding time by an extra day. |
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And I bet the number is a lot less that $250k. Most of the bids coming in today are ones that would have been made last night if the system didn’t have issues. I would trust Brian to hold my wallet, which is something I can say about very few people in the world. I trust he made the best decision for all involved.
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Just flat out unacceptable. Personal opinion.
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There seemed to be some arguing otherwise. Sounds like we're in agreement though.
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I JUST now got outbid on the lot I was winning.
Such fkn bullshit. |
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They didn’t do it intentionally. Not sure I’m giving a round of applause for that.
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I keep thinking about what Peter always says: "Stuff trumps all." I want to be principled and walk away. On the other hand, I really did want to win my item. In answer to your next question, yes, it's weird having Peter living in my head. |
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I'm down to currently winning 2 lots (it was 4 before the server issues last night)...and those 2 lots have gone up $1500 combined today (so far) with the added "bonus" of an entire extra day of extended bidding. Cosigner and AH happy...potential buyer not so happy. |
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