Auction Rant Thread

[Seasonal]

Hurr durr...

I told myself that I would stop with auctions. But no, I just HAD to want a Green Sorbet! ;-; I have an auction for my Yellow Sorbet and the auto-win is a Green or Blue Sorbet. I know that the auto-win is worth slightly more, but that's the point of auto-wins, no? With shipping, you pay more to get your item more quickly than the normal time. So, if you offer slightly more, you get my pet more quickly.

Anywho, somebody sent me a trade suggestion as their offer and it included a Green Toxic in it, along with some other pets that I'm looking for. I wanted to accept but I couldn't since they didn't offer the auto, and the Green Toxic got traded away. Their bid was pretty decent, too. -_- If I just learned to stay away from auctions, this wouldn't happen. I mean, I have nothing against the auctions forum, but it seems that a lot of people don't understand how an auction actually works. First of all, if you auction something on eBay, you can't "withdraw" it when nobody overpays; that's the chance you take with an auction. Second of all, people really shouldn't offer pets that are in pending trades.

:c Oh well... I suppose I've learned my lesson.

EDIT
Nope, haven't learned my lesson quite yet. Somebody offered a Blue Sorbet for my Yellow Sorbet and I accepted the trade. The only problem I had with that was the fact that they addded my Yellow Sorbet to my side, meaning that they used that one exploit to send it. ;_; I'm very happy that we traded but they sort of broke the rules in the process.

[akebai]

Grr. Either the person with my favorite bid is dropping out of my green sorbet auction - with less then one day to go, and no message, or else somebody is trying to cheat. Both are quite insanely annoying. Insanely.

[A-train]

Why, akebai; what happened? O.O;

[Scoobs]

Grr. Either the person with my favorite bid is dropping out of my green sorbet auction - with less then one day to go, and no message, or else somebody is trying to cheat. Both are quite insanely annoying. Insanely.

I hate when people drop out x_x I've only held auctions a few times, and twice someone bid a Wood Angel. Both times, the person dropped out at the last minute Dx

[A-train]

Ughh; I know, Scoobs! I once held an auction with some really good offers, and.... *sighs* I wasn't on for a few days, and all the good offers dropped out!

[answrs]

I wanted to enter an auction for a certain 08 advent my friend has been searching for. I found one, that said it had "AUTOS!!!!!!!" for their pet. So I clicked it to see what they were looking for.

Turns out they want a moon dog because, "This pet is special to me".

If it's special to you, why are you auctioning it? And do you really expect to get a moon dog/banana for it? It's not even one of the rarest advents!

/endrant
I really need to stay out of the auction boards.

[MerryEaster]

When people have outrageous autos. And will not except anything EXCEPT the autos

[Turnabout]

Argh isn't the point of an auction to bid as little as possible while outbidding the other bidders?

Therefore, holding the auction indefinitely "until you get something you like" defeats the purpose. I'm sorry, but my patience has a limit. "waiting until you get something you like" is basically just trading, buddy. I've been adding rare stuff to my offer this whole time. Not my fault if you place a higher value on your pets. The point is, you won't tell me what would make it a win, and you're keeping me guessing here, trying to figure out what to add without trading away my entire 08 trade stock.

[Thuban]

With as many horrible auctions i see usually (I only look for the lulz because i CANT win), I have this annoying urge to hold an action any new player can win. Just gotta figure out how to do it so that the newbies wont feel ripped off

I do wish more people would hold reasonable auctions though, because people like me who only have one or two rares that ARENT pound pets dont have a chance. There is no point in even trying.

[Bracken~]

GRRR

I posted a Pocky auction for my COPPA'd friend, and she got an AMAZING offer (blue grinner), and they withdrew JUST as the auction was ending D= I hate that