I wouldn't feel too bad, Jeff. Chris, it IS about, whoever will pay the
most, but you actually have to outbid other people -- it's an auction! If
they bid more than you and you're not around to bid, then... you don't get
it! It's not that the other guy "didn't give you an opportunity to re-bid,"
you weren't there, and your max proxy bid wasn't high enough. He knew what
he'd have to do to have the best chance at buying something he wanted, and
he made the effort to get it done. He didn't make the rules, he was just
following them.
It's natural there'd be a flurry of activity at the last minute on a popular
item. Proxy bidding is a convenience, not a guarantee. Either put in your
REAL maximum bid and say "oh well" if someone pays more, or be there when
the bidding closes to up your ante. It would be nice if there was some way
to make it more convenient, but I don't see how.
My $0.02
- Alex
> From: Jeff Durling <jdurling@mindspring.com>
> Reply-To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2001 00:08:40 -0500
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: Re: DML: '99 FSM on Ebay
>
> I just won a 2001 fsm and unfortunately had to do it this way. I have been
> outbid so many times in the last few seconds that I got pissed about it and
> decided I would do the same thing. I know it's wrong and I really don't like
> to do it but there was no bid except this guy for a few days and sure enough
> when I did my bid the last few seconds the price went up six bucks. I wasn't
> the only one and if I had not set my max bid high enough I wouldn't have got
> it. Anyway, bummed I had to do it but I really wanted the fsm. If I offended
> someone I didn't mean too.
>
> Jeff Durling
> '01 4x2 QC SLT+
>
> Chris Ryan wrote:
>
>> So I bid $64 on that a couple days ago and was pleased to see that no
>> one had out-bid me as of a couple hours before it was to end. I lost
>> track of time and wasn't around at auctions end, and sure enough, some
>> dick came along and out-bid me by $1 just 45 seconds before it ended.
>> Dude's lucky it wasn't a live auction, I would've taken a couple of his
>> teeth for bumpin me without giving me an opportunity to re-bid. Don't
>> people understand the concept of an auction, it's not whose quickest
>> with the keyboard at the end, it's whose willing to pay the most. I
>> would've only gone another five or ten bucks on it, that is if I'd had
>> the opportunity. Hope it wasn't someone on the list, don't mean to
>> offend (well, kinda), I'm just venting.
>>
>> On a brighter note I added a 200W 5ch Alpine amp, and a 10" Rockford
>> Fosgate sub earlier this afternoon. So the day evened itself out.
>>
>> --
>> Chris
>> Portland, OR
>> Black '99 Sport Plus CC 4x4 318 Auto.
>> 3" Rancho Suspension Lift, 32"x11.5" BFG MTs, SnugTop Expo w/Yakima Trac
>> System w/Fairing, Sea Kayak and Bike Mounts, GoRhino Grill/Brush Guard
>> w/2 130W KC Spotlights and Tow Hooks, Westin Nerf Bars, WAAG Tail-light
>> Guards, GTS Blackouts F & R, Mopar PCM, Taylor Pro-Spiro Wires,
>> Autolites, 180 TS, Cold K&N, Flowmaster Split Rear, Mopar Chrome Rear
>> Diff Cover, Line-X, Window Tint, Ventvisors.
>
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