Suggestion on not allowing ebay auctions to be posted with 1 day or less remaining that arent yours.
I really feel a rule saying you cant list auctions that arent yours with less than 1 day remaining would be a nice idea. Treat it just like newly completed auctions. Posting it right at the end will just make it go normal price no matter what on this site. Occasionally it might not affect the price but more often then not posting it here wont help anyone get it cheap and most likely the OP of that thread just has alterior motives. Now i understand posting auctions that are unique or your own auctions but id like to see if the auctions arent yours then less than 1 day remaining shouldnt be posted
If you have been following an item for a week or a few days and are prepared to bid then with a frw hours left someone on here posts a hey look at this listing the price is low, that just isnt good for anyone. Of course with most auctions they will be sniped anyway but there really isnt a reason to post an auction like that especially for a not so rare item.
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I agree though, I never was really a fan of links to auctions that are not yours and are not anything special other then the item being cheap.
I can see the point of how it's disappointing if you have been watching something for a week just for someone to post a link to it right near the end. Usually people tend to get blasted when they do that already. Now I don't agree that people generally have any type of anterior motive when posting auction links.
I like the Auction Site Spotlight section in general, as I don't have the time or energy to constantly search ebay. So I don't mind paying a fair price for something unique and chances are I would miss it if someone didn't link it here. I would be fine with a rule against posting open auctions in the last 24 hours though.
Originally posted by: palutz59
Yeah I don't see anything wrong with someone posting a link to an auction. I thought this community was also about helping others find deals so not allowing sharing of free information is ridiculous in my opinion. I have never once bought something just cuz someone posted a link to a cheap auction If you don't want to lose an auction bid the most you will pay at the beginning so you don't lose that item.
you miss the point entirely. There is no point in posting a link to a common enough item that isnt your own auction. There is nothing to talk about. This site gets millions of hits. you are just ruining it for others. You arent helping anyone.
especially posting it at the end. thats why i said that in general posting auctions right before the end that arent yours just needs to be stopped. It helps no one.
Originally posted by: palutz59
Yeah I don't see anything wrong with someone posting a link to an auction. I thought this community was also about helping others find deals so not allowing sharing of free information is ridiculous in my opinion. I have never once bought something just cuz someone posted a link to a cheap auction If you don't want to lose an auction bid the most you will pay at the beginning so you don't lose that item.
Deals are found all the time in the Random Good BIN thread posted by other members. It's a great thread that I'm sure just about everyone enjoys. Auctions are not definite. The only "cheap auctions" are the ones that are over and went unnoticed. I agree with the OP.
Originally posted by: palutz59
I can see how someone could be upset because they lost an auction but the bottom line is put in the highest bid you are willing to pay for something and pray you win it. This site does get a lot of foot traffic but eBay gets even more. Not hard to find items on there at all and just because something doesn't have a lot of bids until the last minute is nothing new. Every time I've sold something on there that people want my eBay app alerts me 20 times in the last minute that bids are being placed. Any half decent ebayer knows not to bid until the last hour because no one wants to see a bidding war except the seller. What I completely disagree with is the idea of mods deleting posts because people point at certain auctions that are ending. That can only create more problems than saving someone some money cuz they didn't want to bid to win.
we all know how ebay works.
this is about creating a thread for stuff that there isnt even worthy to discuss all in the sake of hey guys this is still cheap. I guess you just wont understand till it happens to you.
What are we supposed to talk about with a metal warriors CIB?
oh hey, yep thats a CIB metal warriors. Confirmed. and then watch it go for near normal price. Great thread guys.
Id appreciate it if this back and forth just stopped. You wont ever understand. Your awesome for obviously caring about random lurker strangers who poach na for deals. I have friends here. I have not so friends here. Ill help out friends no problem but giving away free advice at possible detriment to someone else i wont.
But that isnt even the point. Posting a common enough item is pointless. If i went through every R6-R8 and posted every auction that popped up would those threads get locked? Obviously because there would no reason to post it because its not a good deal, its an auction. No one needs my help looking for auctions.
Lets just dtop it. Its my suggesstion and thanks for your input.
Auction Site Spotlight
Post ITEMS OF INTEREST found on eBay or any other site that sells Nintendo stuff.
Couldn't have said it better myself. I believe a few people asked about Metal Warriors this past week so i applaud whoever brings up auctions or sites with cheaper prices. Bid higher next time and you will avoid this mess altogether. You are right we won't see eye to eye on this one. Just don't censor ... no on pe wants to see more rules. Later.
Pointing friends towards deals is great and something I have done many times, but there's a strong difference between PMing a friend about it and posting it publicly where everyone can see it (including people buying to sell). In the act of publicly passing along the good deal, you turn it into an average/bad deal and you nullify your original purpose.
So, I 100% agree with this rule of not posting within 24 hours. You wouldn't have to delete links that were posted with 3 days left but now have 1 day left, because the prices of those auctions would have already normalized by then anyway. However I think people should be more educated on what "Items of Interest" really means.
As for the penalty though - I think there should be a warning initially. I definitely don't think it should be HOS-worthy especially for the first offense, as it is an easy mistake to make, especially for new members. But just having it as a rule should be enough to discourage it, and for the person to be criticised.
Originally posted by: cyan_phoenix
I favour this idea of not posting auctions that end in less than 24 hours. This wouldn't mean that mods have to delete auctions that have already been posted which have less than 24 hours left (in the same way that mods don't need to delete posts of completed listings). I don't have a problem with people posting auctions up, but sometimes when people post an auction up which is almost at a close I can't help be suspicious of their motives.
As for the penalty though - I think there should be a warning initially. I definitely don't think it should be HOS-worthy especially for the first offense, as it is an easy mistake to make, especially for new members. But just having it as a rule should be enough to discourage it, and for the person to be criticised.
i say just treat it like the youtube video kind of thing. Eventually people catch on.