Thread: Rules of auction talk/ettiquette

Seems like not such a good idea, you'd do nothing but alert people. You can't identify other bidders anymore because they don't display usernames. Best to keep it quiet imho.

BTW, what auction is it?

Originally Posted by gssixgun

We actually do it quite often...
The way it works the best is to link the item here in action talk and ask "Politely" if anyone else is going to bid...
Then if somebody responds take it to PM, and what I have done in the past is to simply say "I am planning on sniping at $$$ are you willing to go higher"???
If they are willing to bid higher I back off that way the two of you are not bidding against each other... This obviously works easier if people are using sniper programs...

Now I will say this really only pertains to special razors, linking 20 something razors would probably not be looked upon favorably by the Mgmt...

As you can see by going back through this forum it is a rather rare occurrence because you had to actually ask about it...

This tends to happen more if there were a say DD Reaper or a Puma High Class appearing onto E-bay....


Keep in mind that this only works if everyone plays fair, however when you link the item you also stand the chance of alerting somebody to a nice razor, and they might not want to play the game....and they don't have to...

Oh come off it Glen. if you saw a mint DD Napoleon your not going to say anything about it to anyone and neither would I.

In general my view is it's an auction and the high bidder wins. I would never post a live auction because your just calling attention to it and in the end that might just drive the price higher beyond what you can afford. If someone here requested me or anyone else not to bid on a razor as long as it wasn't one I really wanted I would probably agree to it though.

So in the end its a two sided answer for me and it all depends.

If it's worth buying, it's worth keeping it a secret.

I just bought a Steinbrück & Drucks Mozart special, and I wouldn't have been able to afford it any other way.Linking and saying "don't bid", will produce just the opposite effect.