Auction Rant Thread

[Decim]

Just saw an auction for a August PPS lion..
One of them had a September list pet in it & rares/uncommons. It was barely even noticed. They even said to add more.
They said they want VR/OMG for it.

o__________O

I thought the demand died down a little..

Found this: viewtopic.php?f=40&t=1412575 I offered just to see the rating I would get (mine is the bottom bid)

[Umbrellas]

someone has a Clockwork Bunny auction with an August Lion as an AUTO.
D:

[Decim]

someone has a Clockwork Bunny auction with an August Lion as an AUTO.
D:

someone offered me a clockwork bunny & more for my august pps .-.

[TwilightStallion]

I sent the winning auction bid back to the winner to accept, since it was a suggestion, but they cancelled it wit the message '(This trade was automatically cancelled because one of the pets in the trade was moved or deleted.)'. You know, it is easy to see the difference between real autocancels and fake ones. It was sent yesterday, so there was plenty of time to cancel it. Not to mention, I spent ages this morning trying to work out what was the best bid, and they were online all through this time; it's not like they only just logged on.

[delani]

When I send a clear overpay bid for a pet and only get a "good bid," and the next bidder bids a couple random recent rares and gets "outstanding" ;n;

[Guest]

I sent the winning auction bid back to the winner to accept, since it was a suggestion, but they cancelled it wit the message '(This trade was automatically cancelled because one of the pets in the trade was moved or deleted.)'. You know, it is easy to see the difference between real autocancels and fake ones. It was sent yesterday, so there was plenty of time to cancel it. Not to mention, I spent ages this morning trying to work out what was the best bid, and they were online all through this time; it's not like they only just logged on.

Ouch. Major ouch. Why would someone even do that?

I had a bid that someone sent as a suggestion, it was a small trade up for me and I sent it back to them as a trade saying that it was auto'd and please accept this when you can. It got cancelled no less than an hour later. With no message. Just cancelled.

What annoys me the most about auctions are;

- people auctioning off pets that have no demand and should not be auctioned off.
- people auctioning off pets that have demand but are not nearly as rare enough to be auctioned off.
- people who don't keep up with their auctions/complain about not getting right bids.
- people who auction off a pet that they don't really want to let go off. To see what they can get.

And last but not least,

- people who have no patience. Trading and auctioning is all about having patience. If you can't bring up the patience to wait for a fair trade or to wait for what you wanted for your pet, then please..don't bother others by it and don't auction yer pet.

Not meant at anyone in particular, i just don't get why people would waste other people's time with these silly auctions.

Oh my DD, you took these words right out of my mouth Cx Especially the third listed point about people keeping up with there auctions. It's so frustrating when people only update their auctions like once every week /:

I must agree with this as well. Auctions to me are a commitment, meaning if somebody offers an auto or a trade thats really good you can't back out because 'you just wanted to see what people would offer. The pets that don't go with my auctions are the ones with unfair bids for then or with pets I don't really want and that I'd I want to have the demand to reauction them. If you're just making the auction to see what bids you get for it is a waste. That's wasting everyone's time. If you really want to see what your pet can bring, go look at older auctions or ask some people. Other wise by you making an auction for it and then cancelling it because you dont want to trade the pet rubs the bidders wrong. When you wait weeks to see if you win then get a message saying the let isnt being given away because they really didnt want to trade it from the beginning. I've been in auctions like that, it's completely frustrating exspecially if you went hunting to get certain pets that they listed as boosters or the auto. Is there even a thread that you could post to see what other people have gotten from succesful auctions of that pet. That would be a good topic if it was sticky'd to avoid auctions like that. Wouldn't it?

Also the autos not being autos. Don't list an auto that once you get a bid with it you're going to let it rot for a day or even longer because you want to see if someone will beat it. No. Just No. That's not right. If you listed an auto then you need to honour that. Not post it on the thread with a message like "OMG This is AMAZING! Will be AUTO'D within (time frame) If not OUTBIDDED by then. Um, that's not very fair to the bidder. I know auction autos are aubjected to change at anytime but for a bidder to send the auto and check the thread and find it with a message like that beside it, doesn't that make them at the very least annoyed? I mean really, it's like they're broadcasting that they want someone to outbid you just cause you sent their listed auto.

I'm always open to letting people edit their bids, to suggest what could be added to make it fair and I keep my bids updated. Daily, once I get a bid it's added. If one gets canceled I remove it once it's been canceled. If someone edits it as soon as I get it back it gets replaced. Daily is the the best way to keep everything up to date. Every few days would be okay too. But a week or two weeks or even at the end of the auction to update the bids is frustrating.

[siilence]

When you enter an auction, send a fair bid both rarity and demand wise, and they say,
'Sorry, but I'm not trading down.'
Uh, hello, isn't that what auctions are for?
If you don't want to trade down, then don't auction your pet. It's not as if someone is going to freely offer overpay for it, like a coontail for a nontag... Unless your lucky. If you want a trade up, then you should enter someone else's auction with a higher list pet in it :3

And to make it worse, they keep complaining that none of their bids are good at all, simply because they are not overpay :c

[-Firesong-]

I was in an auction, trying to get the Green Android for my little sister.

It auto'd before I knew what happened.
URGH.
And there's no other Green Android auctions around, and the only reason I had a chance here was because it was quantity.

[driftz]

people who assume the auction rules are the same as your trade rules
;_; nooo
honestly I'm tired of getting bids that break my rules for my BMD's

[Pear]

When you enter an auction, send a fair bid both rarity and demand wise, and they say,
'Sorry, but I'm not trading down.'
Uh, hello, isn't that what auctions are for?
If you don't want to trade down, then don't auction your pet. It's not as if someone is going to freely offer overpay for it, like a coontail for a nontag... Unless your lucky. If you want a trade up, then you should enter someone else's auction with a higher list pet in it :3

And to make it worse, they keep complaining that none of their bids are good at all, simply because they are not overpay :c

Actually, a lot of the time auctions are to get something of equal worth. I think people do them just to see if they can get anything that interests them. x3


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What has REALLY been. Urging me, is the amount of people who send a bid for your auction, only to put it as a bid for their auction. xP