Why the heck do you people bid on PCF auctions the day they're listed? (2 Viewers)

[chippitydoodah]

Auctions regularly go under the radar here ever since they got their own separate classifieds section. Multiple times I've listed chips at auction that received no bids, then I turned around and listed them in the regular classifieds section either for the same price or higher and they sold within minutes.

EXACTLY! And anyone who goes to CLASSIFIEDS and selects SHOW ALL will not see any Auctions.

 

[Seeking Alpha Social Club]

For two reasons:
- if there are no bids an auction can be cancelled (found that out the hard way before)
- sometimes an auction gets forgotten and doesn't get bumped before it is done (especially if there is a lot of exciting auctions at the time)

++1 this ^^^^

Additionally, PCF auctions are not like eBay auctions where I can jump in at the last second and snipe it, so waiting until the last minute doesn't provide the same benefit.

 

[philhut]

Did you ever buy a lottery ticket and spend the rest of the drive home fantasizing about what you would do with $x,xxxxxxxxxxx dollars. Well bidding on some nice stuff for a measly sum is kind of like that.....until you hit refresh.

 

[krafticus]

Funny, I have my settings set to never "subscribe" to a thread I post in. I manually select which threads I watch and such.

I can't imagine how many notifications and emails I'd get otherwise .. and I can't stand notifications (I must clear them immediately).

 

[WedgeRock]

It’s also an easy way to get the alerts.

 

[Ben8257]

Opening Bid $1

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Bet you can't resist

Someone gave me one of those last weekend at the Biggest race of the year in PA (dirt track sprint cars) my dumb self was carrying it in my hand in line to buy my ticket... probably 400 people standing there and a young guy in the other line said "why you carrying that disgusting peach?" I said "waiting to find someone else to give it to... or throw it away!" He challenged me to Shotgun it... (I haven't shotgun a beer in a while, and the thought of something sweet and gross sounded terrible!) So I did it, about 4 seconds... crowd cheered... followed by youngins challenging me after that, I said "as long as we are drinking YOUR beer, I'm down! Went 3 for 3 against the youngins in about 3 minutes, ole boy still got it! But now I have about 15 landsharks, a peach, and 3 natty lights in the tank and the cooler is still full!

Maybe someday I will start acting like a 40 year old... but not yet!! Haha

TL/DR.... Natty Peach is disgusting and NO I do not recommend Shotgunning it!

 

[Taghkanic]

Another thing to consider: This site works beautifully overall. But it isn’t eBay. It’s not set up for 20 snipers to slam in bids in the last 12 seconds and automatically sort out the highest. That would be havoc.

Plus with the rule about extending five minutes when there is a last-minute bid, sniping seems kind of pointless.

P.S. … I assume this was prompted at least in part by the Harrah’s auctions. With those, I totally expect bids will steadily inch up toward what others paid for the first round of sets. Then stagnate until the end of the auction, only going higher if there is someone really keen/desperate to snag one.

So my sense is everyone knows where it will go and as long as the price is still below the first benchmarks (cough @Gorbash cough) folks are comfortable bidding less early.

 

[Gorbash]

Another thing to consider: This site works beautifully overall. But it isn’t eBay. It’s not set up for 20 snipers to slam in bids in the last 12 seconds and automatically sort out the highest. That would be havoc.

Plus with the rule about extending five minutes when there is a last-minute bid, sniping seems kind of pointless.

P.S. … I assume this was prompted at least in part by the Harrah’s auctions. With those, I totally expect bids will steadily inch up toward what others paid for the first round of sets. Then stagnate until the end of the auction, only going higher if there is someone really keen/desperate to snag one.

So my sense is everyone knows where it will go and as long as the price is still below the first benchmarks (cough @Gorbash cough) folks are comfortable bidding less early.

 

[Josh Kifer]

F U GORBASH

 

[matthewb]

People on PCF don't like to win lol

 

[jr8719]

Serious question, as I've always wondered: what the fuck does 'participation bid' actually mean?

 

[WedgeRock]

Serious question, as I've always wondered: what the fuck does 'participation bid' actually mean?

It means they do not expect to win and are just participating in the bidding process.

 

[Budha]

Serious question, as I've always wondered: what the fuck does 'participation bid' actually mean?

 

[Tonystark137]

Serious question, as I've always wondered: what the fuck does 'participation bid' actually mean?

Just to get a sense of belonging. The I know this bid won't win but if everyone forgets about the auction, I'll get a killer deal.

 

[upNdown]

Just to get a sense of belonging. The I know this bid won't win but if everyone forgets about the auction, I'll get a killer deal.

Oh I thought it was the I know I can’t afford these, but I’ll throw out a bid to increase the exposure so whoever does win gorbash has to pay through the nose!

 

[Tonystark137]

Oh I thought it was the I know I can’t afford these, but I’ll throw out a bid to increase the exposure so whoever does win gorbash has to pay through the nose!

These is a bit of that too. Mostly I do it for fun. Throwing a bid out there knowing that it won't win.

 

[matthewb]

These is a bit of that too. Mostly I do it for fun. Throwing a bid out there knowing that it won't win.

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