Thread: Before you link to an active auction

THIS IS A POST AS A MEMBER, NOT A MOD. AS FAR AS I KNOW, THERE IS NO SITE POLICY ON THIS

Please, before you link to an active auction, think to yourself "If I knew my buddy wanted this item, would I make the thread?"

I'm sure there is no ill intent, but posting auctions increases visibility, which increases prices. Maybe you are not bidding, but someone else may be (unless its a 10k overhoned rust stick).

Just a friendly consideration, that's all.

Yeah, but what if I ask myself instead 'If my buddy is selling this item, would I make the thread?'

After all, if my buddy makes an extra $20 selling it due to the more visibility may be he'll buy me a thank you drink
No buyer buddy has ever done that, so I'm considering buddying up with the sellers now

Originally Posted by holli4pirating

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Please, before you link to an active auction, think to yourself "If I knew my buddy wanted this item, would I make the thread?"
snip..Just a friendly consideration, that's all.

Just think.. would I want somebody to post an auction when I have found a razor or Escher under the Radar??
Respectfully
~Richard

My own personal feeling is active auctions should be absolutely verboten. If I had found something under the radar and there were few bidders and someone mentions it here and the price triples I would be very unhappy.

Originally Posted by thebigspendur

My own personal feeling is active auctions should be absolutely verboten. If I had found something under the radar and there were few bidders and someone mentions it here and the price triples I would be very unhappy.

I agree... I think "Buy It Now" is fine but live auctions are best not posted.

I agree!

I think if you've done the legwork and found something at a great price then it's really annoying when someone goes "wow look how cheap this Escher is lolz!!1!" and boots the price up to triple figures.

Price discussions before an auction ends are irrelevant anyway, because you have no idea how much something went for until the auction ends. Only then can you discuss how cheap/expensive something was.

Its happened to me a couple of times (both times with DD's weirdly) and it's annoyed the heck out of me both times.

Yep, please don't post to active auctions. If you want to discuss it, bung it in your watch list and link it after it closes.

Originally Posted by Stubear

I agree!

I think if you've done the legwork and found something at a great price then it's really annoying when someone goes "wow look how cheap this Escher is lolz!!1!" and boots the price up to triple figures.

Price discussions before an auction ends are irrelevant anyway, because you have no idea how much something went for until the auction ends. Only then can you discuss how cheap/expensive something was.

Its happened to me a couple of times (both times with DD's weirdly) and it's annoyed the heck out of me both times.

Yep, please don't post to active auctions. If you want to discuss it, bung it in your watch list and link it after it closes.

I hope it wasn't the grim reaper (just the scales) I posted about the other day *blush*. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there wasn't a lifetime blade in the scales.

Buy it now too, I get a few things from them and have had one blown by a posting and had a few auctions blown.
I fer sher thinkin' that bannin' is too good fer the lowlives!
~Richard

Originally Posted by WBK

I agree... I think "Buy It Now" is fine but live auctions are best not posted.

I have been hit by this a couple times myself.
About a year ago, I was buying up basically all the NOS Filarmonica's I could find.
Every other auction ended up being posted here with all the oooh's and aaaaah's about how ridiculous the prices had gotten.

It seems much easier to join the choir in these ebay threads whenever the product is not of personal interest, yet some cry wolf when it affects personally

Personally, I say post about auctions if you will, but remember that the ones you are bidding on yourself, might wind up in here as well

The sellers must think it is a good thing though..

Originally Posted by jcsixx

I hope it wasn't the grim reaper (just the scales) I posted about the other day *blush*. I just wanted to give everyone a heads up that there wasn't a lifetime blade in the scales.

Nope, in fact that's the sort of thing I think in a way SHOULD be posted, to make people aware of it and stop people getting caught out.

My two were a Goldedge and a Satinedge a while back, both in great condition. Unfortunately the price on both shot up well over $200 when they were linked!