Crashing someone's auction

dragafem said:
SilverPete said:
dragafem said:
3 pages long already and no sign of OP since start :rolleyes:
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He's accepting comments via PM.
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now why start a thread and accept comments thru pm? :rolleyes:
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Not sure if serious.

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fishtaco said:
Not when they may be being ripped off by price gouging from members they think they trust!

There are many new members and even not so new members who are playing catch up with certain silver coins/ bars and even more members who know they want it!
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Again, nobody is holding a gun to anybody's head.

They honestly can't say "Thanks, but no thanks -- too much" & simply walk away?

I don't know about you, but I do that pretty frequently when the price is too high & the seller won't budge enough, and instead just wait for a better opportunity.



scrooged said:
All due respect, but I'm certain you can comprehend the difference between an "grab it, or make an offer" scenario as opposed to an private auction whereby only the auctioneer has a clue what is happening.
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Was what the OP did really much different than what I did in my example, though? Because both bidders eventually ended up privately submitting their best bids in my case. Everybody was happy, and nobody did anything that they didn't feel comfortable with.


I've already mentioned earlier that the OP seller probably could have/should have done a couple things differently.. Basically, the wording/definitions & the terms of the listing were pretty jumbled, which had led to some confusion and, IMO, some fairly unwarranted attacks.

It probably could have been run a bit better, but again, it seems like mountains out of molehills.


Anyway, butting in & making unsolicited comments in an attempted effort of derailing an active B/S/T listing isn't exactly cool.

I think many can agree on that.
 
Does anyone here know silverlicious personally? I think hes in a bit of trouble at the moment, im still waiting for him to ship something to me, ive traded with him on many occasions without any issue. This time he contacted me and left a msg saying hes got some serious problems going on. I believe him but just a little concerned for his welfare
 
Gatito Bandito said:
I still fail to see how private/PM bidding is so bad..

Can potential bidders really not take care of their own-selves?? :lol:

Big ol' meanie unscrupulous seller gonna take advantage of them? Please. Give people some credit, here.



True story..

On another forum, part of the Buy/Sell/Trade area does *not* allow comments/replies from others -- only fixed-price & make-an-offer listings permitted. People who make comments would be temporarily *banned*. (And yes, there's a separate "public auctions" area, as well.)


One day I listed something: Here's what $$ amount I'm looking for; grab it, or make an offer.

Within 5 minutes, I had 2 who PM'ed me with their offers, which differed by a few bucks.

PM'ed the lower-offer bidder: Another guy bid higher than you. Are you willing to go any higher?


Yes: Higher offer, final offer.

Went to the other: You just got out-bid. Here's the amount. Willing to beat it?

He did. Winner winner, chicken dinner.

Took like 10 minutes total, from start to finish. Seller happy, buyer happy.


I know, I know, tell me about it. How awful.. :rolleyes:
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Realistically, you would call this process "for sale, by tender" not "auction".
Nothing wrong with sale by tender, but why not call it that?
When push comes to shove, as long as sellers are clear about their rules and what the potential buyer will get, and the buyer gets what they expect, it's nobody else's business.
I'm the socialist, but it is all the "free-enterprisers" who seem to get upset when somebody does something different. And boy, don't they!
Hello!?! That's free enterprise.


Edit: bloody laptops and their touch-screen mouses!!!
 
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