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I vote a BIG NO and we leave as is. If someone puts in a decent max bid they could win it for peanuts because nobody else bids because there would really be no reason to unless their max was higher.
As a friendly reminder we have an amazing $1 starting bid auction section. Stop buy and bid on one of the listings or list something you no longer cherish. On a side note a few years ago I had a member try to pay me $1 more than the underbidder saying he thought the auction section worked like eBay. He was a long time member but must not have ever used the auction section before. Last edited by bnorth; 09-26-2023 at 09:46 AM. |
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Because of how public the bidding process is here, I vote no.
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Other than that same reason, I can see too much chance of someone being just a jerk and bidding one dollar less than the previous max just to stick it to someone, or perhaps a friend doing it for another. Too much possible mud to wade through.
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I like the way it is now when the seller lists a 10 minute rule. If it's a card you want you can bid in less than 10 minutes and you only lose the auction if you decide to stop bidding. No arguments or hurt feelings about being sniped or about what time it ended.
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I am one of the guys who waits until the last minute to bid on an auction. I determine what I bid based on what I think the card is worth to me. There have been several times in the last three months when I have placed a bid on this site way over the underbidder and won. I would have saved money under the proposed change to the rules. However, I can see where my gain would be at the seller's expense. I hope that the seller is happy with the sale, too, and he will continue to offer items to bid on.
I also enjoy the rush of bidding at the last minute. Sometimes you win. Sometimes you lose. Maybe I am wrong, but I don't consider it sniping if you are present online and you place your bid as the clock runs down. Sniping, to me, is placing a bid through a service that bids for you in the last seconds of an auction. You don't even have to be online at the time the clock runs out. Where is the excitement in that? I recommend we leave the rules the same. Best regards, Joe |
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Otherwise, I am BIG TIME in favor of it. I have bought close to 700 things, including cards, from eBay. The sellers sometimes put an amount to open they can live with if only one bidder bids. Sometimes they don't, and the buyer gets a bargain. Sometimes the seller puts a reserve on the item. And then I will say again for the umpteenth time to all the brain-dead or pompous, egocentric, horses-ass sellers who are "listening to offers". I've got an offer for you, and it's dangling in my shorts! Put an f-ing price on it, if you truly want to sell. Otherwise you are obnoxious in the extreme.
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Presently, what is in place works.
I'd be annoyed if there's an $80 to $90 card, that would fill a troublesome hole in my collection, the last few bids have been $40, $41, $50, $51, $55, so I bid $130 with an hour to go, and go to bed... Next day I see someone with whom I've been abrasive in the past (a considerable multitude) has bid $129 with a minute to go. No Sir, what is in place is simple and functional. And No to bids extending the time. That adds confusion, makes it a game instead of an auction... I reckon folks that don't like what there is now can forego bidding.... and folks content with the present can be done with auctions if they change. What's the problem with how it is now, again??? Maybe I should audition as a 60 Minutes curmudgeon. |
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The current system suppresses bids, because there is no ability to do a max. One of the regular sellers on the free-for-all auction board had or has a good system with allowing a bid 15 minutes or so after ending so that somebody can't top by $1 at X:59 and nobody else has time to get one in. There are definitely times I would have bid higher if I had a chance to do so on the clock or could place a max bid.
However, with an open public posting format, I don't see how a max bid placed would fix the issue. If I bid a $150 max, someone will then bid $149 just because people are like that. |
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As a long-time lister on Net54 auctions, I prefer keeping things the way they are now regarding this suggestion, but Thank You Leon for always trying to improve the site!
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As I had understood, if the bidding was at $55, then I bid $130, the initial proposal would have me winning for $56. But if someone bids $129 after my $130, then I have to pay $130.
I may well not understand how the public max bids would work. The very fact that we're having this discussion is a reason to not change it. |
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I agree with others not to change it. But I do like the 10 minute rule. I may start that with some of my auctions.
Bob |
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