7 May
2014
7 May
'14
7:34 p.m.
On 5/7/2014 12:03 PM, Richard wrote:
In article <53696378.6050301 at jwsss.com>,
jwsmobile <jws at jwsss.com> writes:
I am not calling
anyone here an asshole, unless you want to defend for
everyone, or if you feel you are guilty of the practice, I fail to see
what that has to do with it. i condemned the behavior, as I don't see
how it is a positive thing to do, or have as an acceptable practice on
ebay or such sites.
I'm willing to listen and learn if there is a reason to do that.
i've never seen a silent auction that didn't have an open clipboard with
places to put entries. The bids are not sealed. again, sealed bidding
doesn't have more than a single bid submission and isn't an auction A
silent auction has a sheet with columns and lines. you put your name
and telephone # in one column (if the auction takes place over multiple
days, they call you when the end the auction) and your bid in the
other. And you can come back and up another bid. that makes it a form
of auction.
FWIW two more auctions with this practice, one from a 0 feedback
person. Spent someone elses money, not mine.
On 5/6/2014 11:57 AM, Richard wrote:
Actually it is
not most similar to a silent auction since everyone
sees each other's bids, even if only at the end after everyone has bid
at the last possible moment.
In a true silent auction, you never see other people's bids unless
they won the auction. Even then (like at GSA), you may not see who
won, just what the final winning bid was.
...and as has already been said multiple times on this thread, none of
this is new, this is the way ebay has always worked.
If you can't stand it so much, then stop calling other people assholes
or impugn their motives and just use something else besides ebay. JUST LIKE A REAL AUCTION.
Ebay is not
real auction. It is most similar to a silent auction and
the fixed deadline for the end of bidding changes the psychology.