Thread: Rules of auction talk/ettiquette

I am wondering what the code of ethics prescribes about asking others not to bid? Like if I were to say, hey, I am going to bid $150 for razor x, please don't bid to save me some money, would that fly or is that just useless?

I have seen a few posts where SRP members have said they would hold off on a razor if they knew another SRP member was bidding on it. I think if someone is offering to hold off bidding to help a friend then thats one thing.

I'm not sure how asking people to hold off bidding sits in the code of ethics however. I suppose it could be construed as an attempt to manipulate the auction and to reduce the final selling price (which impacts the sellers return), so it might not be a good idea. After all, if you were selling you would not want buyers colluding to keep the bid prices down. And there is still the chance that someone else comes in and snaps the razor up because the price is lower than usual..!

It definately represents a bit of a conflict!

What do other people think?

Personally if I see something I want to bid on, I never say a word to anyone. Don't want all the people on here looking at it as well as the rest of the world!

Gareth

Originally Posted by Galopede

Personally if I see something I want to bid on, I never say a word to anyone. Don't want all the people on here looking at it as well as the rest of the world!

Gareth

+1! Besides, there are always other razors...

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...

Originally Posted by Galopede

Personally if I see something I want to bid on, I never say a word to anyone. Don't want all the people on here looking at it as well as the rest of the world!

Gareth

Another +1. If I wanted whatever it was badly enough I would bid against my own mother. YMMV

Originally Posted by JimmyHAD

Another +1. If I wanted whatever it was badly enough I would bid against my own mother. YMMV

+1. That's why I wanted to check the ettiquette before I blurt out, hey don't bid on the mint NOS Dubl Duck Reaper hidden in the toy section named "two duk deathman rzr"

As usual, I'm with Glen on this one. If there is a razor that I know will go high, and I am ready to win it, I would alert people who I know may have interest and tell them I am going to bid to win that one. If another person wants to do the same, I'd tell them how much I'm putting on it and if they want it more I'd back off in case that saves them some money. I would expect that if they didn't want to go as high as me they will also not bid.

Of course, if they don't keep their word, which is sometimes easy to find out, I'll be rather unhappy and it will cost them a lot in the long run.

ByronT got a mint Dorko at a steal price this way and I'm happy for him. I'm not sure if that's helped me much so far, usually somebody else wants the razor more.

that would be my problem. Someone else would want the razor more.

Originally Posted by khaos

that would be my problem. Someone else would want the razor more.

In that case, asking others not to bid will probably not fly